Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh thickness S-collat-transv-post

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1225736 0.0994084 0.2311890
Weighted median 23 -0.0381369 0.0552704 0.4901903
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0041560 0.0388464 0.9148015
Simple mode 23 -0.0559022 0.0962359 0.5672203
Weighted mode 23 -0.0358723 0.0614414 0.5652625

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 17.52211 21 0.6790128
Inverse variance weighted 19.44023 22 0.6180097

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0077812 0.0056184 0.180602

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0005894 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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