Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-Desikan lh thickness cuneus

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.2304130 0.1122279 0.0527314
Weighted median 23 -0.0695593 0.0559711 0.2139522
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0601435 0.0455348 0.1865593
Simple mode 23 -0.0229936 0.0919890 0.8049377
Weighted mode 23 -0.0677121 0.0611030 0.2797594

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 26.76705 21 0.1786976
Inverse variance weighted 30.22978 22 0.1129857

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0104545 0.0063428 0.1141865

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009886 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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