Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s lh thickness G-temp-sup-Plan-polar

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0252427 0.0994059 0.8020150
Weighted median 23 -0.0132359 0.0592728 0.8232979
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0384598 0.0388452 0.3221353
Simple mode 23 -0.0010863 0.1007359 0.9914934
Weighted mode 23 -0.0280402 0.0822054 0.7362654

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 19.55619 21 0.5495070
Inverse variance weighted 19.57706 22 0.6094771

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0008115 0.0056182 0.886525

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0006229 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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