Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh volume postcentral

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.2262595 0.1093317 0.0510281
Weighted median 23 -0.1286304 0.0577833 0.0260087
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0959924 0.0433750 0.0268920
Simple mode 23 -0.1549122 0.0932483 0.1108418
Weighted mode 23 -0.1438822 0.0598343 0.0250429

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 25.40379 21 0.2300995
Inverse variance weighted 27.43064 22 0.1953251

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0079984 0.0061792 0.209578

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0010163 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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