Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh volume Lat-Fis-ant-Horizont

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0147586 0.1033809 0.8878407
Weighted median 23 -0.0562528 0.0601958 0.3500477
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0074281 0.0395210 0.8509131
Simple mode 23 -0.0453936 0.1120306 0.6892515
Weighted mode 23 -0.0613332 0.0722969 0.4053789

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 22.71186 21 0.3595318
Inverse variance weighted 22.77065 22 0.4147757

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0013623 0.0058429 0.8179021

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0006911 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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