Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s lh area G-insular-short

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1002041 0.1304443 0.4509352
Weighted median 23 -0.0498612 0.0586450 0.3952019
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0045093 0.0506959 0.9291233
Simple mode 23 -0.0045164 0.1089796 0.9673169
Weighted mode 23 -0.0467728 0.0686868 0.5030032

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 36.16170 21 0.0209681
Inverse variance weighted 37.47133 22 0.0209866

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0064293 0.0073724 0.393023

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0011358 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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