Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh volume parahippocampal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0156438 0.1121676 0.8904092
Weighted median 23 0.0193925 0.0551637 0.7251791
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0422377 0.0431437 0.3275791
Simple mode 23 0.0142393 0.0799815 0.8603265
Weighted mode 23 0.0038062 0.0555019 0.9459456

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 26.73771 21 0.1797044
Inverse variance weighted 27.13786 22 0.2060372

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0035539 0.0063394 0.5810012

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008581 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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