Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-Desikan lh area pericalcarine

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0020645 0.1181163 0.9862196
Weighted median 23 0.0300917 0.0635126 0.6356487
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0154145 0.0451237 0.7326474
Simple mode 23 -0.0390796 0.1060885 0.7161195
Weighted mode 23 -0.0111535 0.0977512 0.9101924

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 29.65064 21 0.0992364
Inverse variance weighted 29.68714 22 0.1262690

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0010732 0.0066757 0.8738149

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009043 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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