Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh volume G-temp-sup-Plan-tempo

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0878211 0.0994397 0.3871488
Weighted median 23 -0.0968266 0.0587785 0.0994934
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0262341 0.0388453 0.4994549
Simple mode 23 -0.0318784 0.1095005 0.7736823
Weighted mode 23 -0.1074004 0.0682364 0.1297720

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 21.01453 21 0.4580573
Inverse variance weighted 21.46756 22 0.4920255

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0037814 0.0056201 0.5083854

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0006644 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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