Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-pial rh area paracentral

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0192133 0.1144188 0.8682521
Weighted median 23 0.0022728 0.0618135 0.9706694
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0087997 0.0436942 0.8403913
Simple mode 23 0.0610296 0.1070364 0.5743355
Weighted mode 23 0.0342292 0.0750986 0.6530080

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 27.82223 21 0.1452656
Inverse variance weighted 27.83518 22 0.1812080

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0006394 0.0064667 0.9221753

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.000845 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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