Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh thickness superiorfrontal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1512486 0.1173797 0.2115737
Weighted median 23 0.0445691 0.0611075 0.4657849
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0063833 0.0470311 0.8920379
Simple mode 23 0.1101000 0.1135235 0.3426672
Weighted mode 23 0.0148450 0.0864630 0.8652494

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 29.28181 21 0.1073985
Inverse variance weighted 32.24969 22 0.0732376

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0096787 0.0066341 0.159381

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.000978 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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