Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-Desikan lh thickness paracentral

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.2534292 0.1287286 0.0623258
Weighted median 23 -0.0067685 0.0633863 0.9149626
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0423943 0.0527290 0.4213947
Simple mode 23 0.0252002 0.1150987 0.8287121
Weighted mode 23 0.0024754 0.0927959 0.9789590

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 35.21838 21 0.0267155
Inverse variance weighted 40.53793 22 0.0093484

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0129575 0.0072754 0.0893848

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0012644 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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