Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s lh volume S-postcentral

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0231327 0.0994054 0.8182394
Weighted median 23 0.0575205 0.0571074 0.3138230
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0052783 0.0388453 0.8919167
Simple mode 23 0.0608671 0.1023298 0.5580376
Weighted mode 23 0.0801071 0.0942432 0.4044787

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 12.58156 21 0.9225724
Inverse variance weighted 12.61963 22 0.9432298

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0010963 0.0056182 0.8471688

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.000383 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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