Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh volume G-oc-temp-med-Lingual

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1882141 0.1105092 0.1032954
Weighted median 23 0.0406308 0.0598865 0.4974780
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0144812 0.0460079 0.7529483
Simple mode 23 0.1040418 0.1045676 0.3305684
Weighted mode 23 0.0469706 0.0664733 0.4872274

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 25.95386 21 0.2082140
Inverse variance weighted 30.86113 22 0.0989924

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0124454 0.0062457 0.0594582

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009394 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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