Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh thickness S-front-inf

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0219204 0.1132276 0.8483527
Weighted median 23 0.0072701 0.0553822 0.8955604
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0459996 0.0432842 0.2879031
Simple mode 23 0.0236402 0.0975537 0.8107695
Weighted mode 23 -0.0012507 0.0633356 0.9844229

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 27.24594 21 0.1628601
Inverse variance weighted 27.31519 22 0.1994990

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0014784 0.0063993 0.819526

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008702 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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