Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-pial lh area postcentral

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1414316 0.1137996 0.2276353
Weighted median 23 -0.0591161 0.0584486 0.3118153
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0356246 0.0444906 0.4232920
Simple mode 23 -0.0858918 0.1060893 0.4268303
Weighted mode 23 -0.0894374 0.0695142 0.2116062

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 27.52225 21 0.1542281
Inverse variance weighted 28.85939 22 0.1489193

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0064965 0.0064317 0.3239538

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 9e-04 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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