Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-a2009s rh volume Pole-occipital

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1450904 0.1122210 0.2100897
Weighted median 23 -0.0690982 0.0633010 0.2750172
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0299469 0.0440942 0.4970382
Simple mode 23 -0.1696698 0.1035722 0.1156090
Weighted mode 23 -0.1421873 0.0797141 0.0882720

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 26.76417 21 0.1787962
Inverse variance weighted 28.34771 22 0.1644420

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0070698 0.0063425 0.2775846

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.000877 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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