Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh volume G-temporal-inf

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0443100 0.1353037 0.7465431
Weighted median 23 0.0680437 0.0651120 0.2960111
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0201307 0.0517047 0.6970248
Simple mode 23 0.0297733 0.1355938 0.8282251
Weighted mode 23 0.1047738 0.1035632 0.3226847

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 38.90970 21 0.0100619
Inverse variance weighted 38.97953 22 0.0141884

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0014846 0.0076472 0.8479311

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0011892 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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