Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-Desikan rh thickness superiorfrontal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1422346 0.1116936 0.2167792
Weighted median 23 0.0273783 0.0583041 0.6386565
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0229242 0.0451880 0.6119395
Simple mode 23 0.0594369 0.1078617 0.5871543
Weighted mode 23 0.0140147 0.0801367 0.8627697

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 26.51328 21 0.1875499
Inverse variance weighted 29.77133 22 0.1241291

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0101408 0.0063127 0.1231168

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009127 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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