Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-Desikan lh thickness superiortemporal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1748648 0.1112442 0.1309195
Weighted median 23 -0.0584794 0.0590990 0.3224105
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0591627 0.0437441 0.1762246
Simple mode 23 0.0029536 0.1026332 0.9773012
Weighted mode 23 -0.0038705 0.0792532 0.9614900

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 26.30038 21 0.1952264
Inverse variance weighted 27.89934 22 0.1790413

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0071041 0.0062873 0.2712518

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009156 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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