Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-Desikan lh volume posteriorcingulate

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1220261 0.1126513 0.2909922
Weighted median 23 -0.0120122 0.0569765 0.8330218
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0401520 0.0436434 0.3575727
Simple mode 23 0.0203356 0.0975172 0.8367312
Weighted mode 23 0.0237749 0.0770809 0.7606485

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 26.96891 21 0.1718846
Inverse variance weighted 27.76954 22 0.1834450

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0050271 0.0063669 0.4386003

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008738 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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