Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-Desikan lh area isthmuscingulate

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1327738 0.1251803 0.3008914
Weighted median 23 0.0545823 0.0580661 0.3472161
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0072700 0.0494446 0.8831055
Simple mode 23 0.0606420 0.1233556 0.6278690
Weighted mode 23 0.0328396 0.0675375 0.6316030

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 33.30087 21 0.0429856
Inverse variance weighted 35.64324 22 0.0331477

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0085986 0.0070749 0.237711

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0010811 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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