Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-Desikan lh area precuneus

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0829221 0.1346534 0.5446314
Weighted median 23 0.0079306 0.0637273 0.9009624
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0020926 0.0519816 0.9678883
Simple mode 23 -0.1186564 0.1211226 0.3379153
Weighted mode 23 0.0130395 0.0829980 0.8765944

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 38.53332 21 0.0111531
Inverse variance weighted 39.39657 22 0.0127051

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0052199 0.0076103 0.500281

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0011938 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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