Two sample MR report


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

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1376725 0.0994045 0.1805991
Weighted median 23 0.0420234 0.0582840 0.4709027
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0167931 0.0388451 0.6655157
Simple mode 23 0.0918432 0.1075210 0.4022065
Weighted mode 23 0.0588998 0.0961676 0.5465059

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 12.67357 21 0.9196265
Inverse variance weighted 15.52340 22 0.8388151

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0094842 0.0056182 0.1061808

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0004761 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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