Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh thickness superiortemporal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1436414 0.1061905 0.1905451
Weighted median 23 -0.0047455 0.0587112 0.9355783
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0225314 0.0419984 0.5916262
Simple mode 23 0.0796551 0.0990193 0.4297507
Weighted mode 23 -0.0491682 0.0692499 0.4851557

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 23.9648 21 0.2947672
Inverse variance weighted 25.7167 22 0.2640439

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0074362 0.0060017 0.229009

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007895 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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