Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s lh thickness G-rectus

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0199492 0.1071207 0.8540505
Weighted median 23 0.0039080 0.0578751 0.9461642
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0262767 0.0411112 0.5227172
Simple mode 23 0.0204279 0.0997721 0.8396534
Weighted mode 23 0.0094071 0.0717147 0.8968303

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 24.38528 21 0.2747676
Inverse variance weighted 24.64049 22 0.3145739

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0028383 0.0060543 0.6440367

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007605 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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