Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh thickness precuneus

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.2025882 0.1045901 0.0663178
Weighted median 23 -0.0436861 0.0590861 0.4596864
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0457076 0.0423813 0.2808177
Simple mode 23 -0.0459311 0.1077828 0.6741429
Weighted mode 23 -0.0629277 0.0781475 0.4292975

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 23.24860 21 0.3308683
Inverse variance weighted 26.18829 22 0.2436856

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0096326 0.0059112 0.1181104

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008355 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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