Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-Desikan rh area paracentral

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0270888 0.1142499 0.8148757
Weighted median 23 0.0012846 0.0602476 0.9829885
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0050915 0.0436650 0.9071744
Simple mode 23 0.0619249 0.1106458 0.5813604
Weighted mode 23 0.0343242 0.0739909 0.6472781

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 27.74013 21 0.1476765
Inverse variance weighted 27.79793 22 0.1824750

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0013506 0.0064571 0.8363321

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008429 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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