Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh thickness Lat-Fis-ant-Vertical

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0639945 0.1273262 0.6204740
Weighted median 23 0.0788836 0.0621945 0.2046777
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0599711 0.0498917 0.2293534
Simple mode 23 0.0216706 0.1219633 0.8605989
Weighted mode 23 -0.0181043 0.0879556 0.8388129

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 34.44113 21 0.0324862
Inverse variance weighted 36.27596 22 0.0283609

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0076117 0.0071964 0.3022015

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0011714 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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