Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-pial rh area entorhinal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1236483 0.1037389 0.2465895
Weighted median 23 0.0392481 0.0572521 0.4930083
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0539192 0.0401064 0.1788181
Simple mode 23 0.0516620 0.0916601 0.5787094
Weighted mode 23 0.0442660 0.0605701 0.4725997

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 22.87078 21 0.3509066
Inverse variance weighted 23.45151 22 0.3766215

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0042814 0.0058631 0.473322

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.000769 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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