Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s lh volume G-temp-sup-G-T-transv

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1130920 0.1065415 0.3005264
Weighted median 23 -0.1034830 0.0576444 0.0726225
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0566057 0.0409965 0.1673576
Simple mode 23 -0.1725406 0.1047101 0.1136049
Weighted mode 23 -0.1043902 0.0670088 0.1335368

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 24.12310 21 0.2871322
Inverse variance weighted 24.50419 22 0.3213666

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0034682 0.0060214 0.5707515

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008069 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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