Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh area G-Ins-lg+S-cent-ins

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0597664 0.1356868 0.6640950
Weighted median 23 -0.0724027 0.0592864 0.2219968
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0148949 0.0519622 0.7743818
Simple mode 23 -0.0668325 0.1177950 0.5762118
Weighted mode 23 -0.0825259 0.0682205 0.2392350

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 39.12662 21 0.0094791
Inverse variance weighted 39.36710 22 0.0128050

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0027551 0.0076687 0.7229839

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0011973 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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