Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh volume G+S-occipital-inf

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0753599 0.1023222 0.4695773
Weighted median 23 0.0531113 0.0538398 0.3239024
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0499463 0.0391331 0.2018430
Simple mode 23 0.0246722 0.0827725 0.7684450
Weighted mode 23 0.0445018 0.0606418 0.4707911

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 22.24982 21 0.3852386
Inverse variance weighted 22.32695 22 0.4405245

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0015604 0.005783 0.7899305

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007266 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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