Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-Desikan rh area bankssts

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0750415 0.1144044 0.5189907
Weighted median 23 0.0036479 0.0614824 0.9526873
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0196912 0.0445121 0.6582148
Simple mode 23 0.2317893 0.1102316 0.0471532
Weighted mode 23 -0.0171587 0.0717457 0.8131956

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 27.81527 21 0.1454688
Inverse variance weighted 28.88714 22 0.1481114

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0058165 0.0064658 0.378544

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008831 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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