Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s lh volume S-oc-middle+Lunatus

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0023515 0.1187146 0.9843834
Weighted median 23 0.0376465 0.0586118 0.5206772
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0321855 0.0454318 0.4786751
Simple mode 23 0.2028902 0.1036220 0.0630337
Weighted mode 23 0.0726819 0.0762637 0.3509270

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 29.95111 21 0.0929748
Inverse variance weighted 30.09358 22 0.1162076

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0021206 0.0067094 0.75508

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009327 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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