Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s lh area S-oc-sup+transversal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1500285 0.1077832 0.1785065
Weighted median 23 0.0329879 0.0606485 0.5864972
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0422687 0.0446803 0.3441365
Simple mode 23 -0.0207152 0.1252921 0.8701901
Weighted mode 23 0.0748090 0.1024829 0.4731126

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 24.68975 21 0.2608512
Inverse variance weighted 29.10655 22 0.1418439

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0118071 0.0060917 0.0661558

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009179 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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