Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh thickness S-oc-temp-med+Lingual

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.2610577 0.1235738 0.0467852
Weighted median 23 -0.0458581 0.0569464 0.4206551
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0232646 0.0537415 0.6650880
Simple mode 23 -0.0128908 0.0942352 0.8924374
Weighted mode 23 -0.0436670 0.0598741 0.4735043

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 32.45288 21 0.0526470
Inverse variance weighted 42.10826 22 0.0060649

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0174571 0.006984 0.020797

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0012867 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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