Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s lh volume G-occipital-sup

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.2044509 0.1076525 0.0713659
Weighted median 23 -0.0798071 0.0580704 0.1693436
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0706044 0.0428488 0.0994025
Simple mode 23 -0.0761219 0.0938632 0.4260597
Weighted mode 23 -0.0794007 0.0684141 0.2582480

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 24.62885 21 0.2635963
Inverse variance weighted 26.76857 22 0.2201487

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0082182 0.0060843 0.1911614

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009113 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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