Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-Desikan lh volume frontalpole

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0395656 0.1052548 0.7107594
Weighted median 23 0.0225690 0.0554353 0.6839171
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0186766 0.0402294 0.6424659
Simple mode 23 0.0147862 0.0970527 0.8802975
Weighted mode 23 0.0061803 0.0623275 0.9219101

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 23.54312 21 0.3157179
Inverse variance weighted 23.59523 22 0.3687984

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0012826 0.0059488 0.8313763

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.000722 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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