Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s lh area G-front-sup

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0227862 0.1146064 0.8443148
Weighted median 23 0.0285592 0.0612040 0.6407691
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0318103 0.0437631 0.4673022
Simple mode 23 -0.0343102 0.1015873 0.7387602
Weighted mode 23 0.0032028 0.0731242 0.9654598

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 27.91325 21 0.142629
Inverse variance weighted 27.92297 22 0.178248

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0005541 0.0064773 0.9326408

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008664 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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