Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh thickness posteriorcingulate

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0265712 0.1174801 0.8232516
Weighted median 23 0.0472074 0.0584523 0.4193072
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0317101 0.0451618 0.4825893
Simple mode 23 0.0203134 0.0840621 0.8112917
Weighted mode 23 0.0406712 0.0557040 0.4730136

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 29.33063 21 0.1062874
Inverse variance weighted 29.73632 22 0.1250154

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0035785 0.0066397 0.5955909

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009212 TRUE 0

Note - R2 values are approximate


Forest plot of single SNP MR

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Comparison of results using different MR methods

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Funnel plot

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Leave-one-out sensitivity analysis

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