Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh thickness G-temp-sup-G-T-transv

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0549803 0.1052746 0.6069575
Weighted median 23 0.0010656 0.0570711 0.9851033
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0128134 0.0403737 0.7509634
Simple mode 23 0.0623036 0.0973347 0.5287202
Weighted mode 23 0.0264334 0.0714742 0.7150451

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 23.55202 21 0.3152667
Inverse variance weighted 23.76438 22 0.3597006

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.002589 0.0059499 0.6678981

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007234 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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