Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh volume G+S-cingul-Mid-Ant

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0488963 0.1153909 0.6760606
Weighted median 23 -0.0346384 0.0580678 0.5508302
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0306433 0.0440861 0.4870061
Simple mode 23 0.0201430 0.1125763 0.8596319
Weighted mode 23 -0.0366257 0.0731130 0.6213838

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 28.29728 21 0.1319199
Inverse variance weighted 28.33707 22 0.1647777

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0011207 0.0065216 0.865202

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008775 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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