Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh volume pericalcarine

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0617223 0.1097789 0.5799040
Weighted median 23 0.0500784 0.0645021 0.4375219
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0188814 0.0425434 0.6571754
Simple mode 23 0.0119385 0.1199190 0.9215996
Weighted mode 23 0.0384072 0.0999820 0.7045616

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 25.61289 21 0.2215956
Inverse variance weighted 26.38892 22 0.2353588

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0049491 0.0062045 0.4339929

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008068 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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