Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s lh area G+S-cingul-Ant

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0869092 0.1135829 0.4526896
Weighted median 23 -0.1567673 0.0616048 0.0109363
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.1205354 0.0472554 0.0107500
Simple mode 23 -0.1512547 0.1223529 0.2294144
Weighted mode 23 -0.1700694 0.0811779 0.0479004

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 27.41848 21 0.1574272
Inverse variance weighted 32.55854 22 0.0683596

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0127371 0.0064194 0.060463

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0012783 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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