Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh area G-postcentral

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0463377 0.1171551 0.6964455
Weighted median 23 0.0273526 0.0640155 0.6691751
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0501956 0.0447298 0.2617790
Simple mode 23 0.0915762 0.1256864 0.4739262
Weighted mode 23 0.0781562 0.0782021 0.3284610

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 29.16907 21 0.1100011
Inverse variance weighted 29.17085 22 0.1400472

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0002369 0.0066213 0.9717998

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009345 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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