Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh thickness superiorparietal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1383614 0.1253606 0.2822072
Weighted median 23 -0.0094263 0.0608467 0.8768856
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0298218 0.0488597 0.5416260
Simple mode 23 0.0337611 0.1053485 0.7516356
Weighted mode 23 0.0219338 0.0893302 0.8083177

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 33.39919 21 0.0419739
Inverse variance weighted 34.80633 22 0.0405880

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0066644 0.0070852 0.3575985

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0010725 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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