Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-Desikan lh volume medialorbitofrontal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0874367 0.1451022 0.5532356
Weighted median 23 0.0234416 0.0585651 0.6889603
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0001213 0.0559620 0.9982703
Simple mode 23 -0.0421980 0.1089627 0.7022773
Weighted mode 23 0.0320119 0.0647011 0.6256709

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 44.74508 21 0.0018704
Inverse variance weighted 45.66073 22 0.0021861

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.005376 0.0082008 0.5192335

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0013835 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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