Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aseg global intensity CC-Mid-Anterior

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1243451 0.1162538 0.2969402
Weighted median 23 0.0230738 0.0643906 0.7200884
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0334111 0.0466250 0.4736256
Simple mode 23 0.0307937 0.1385391 0.8261505
Weighted mode 23 -0.0914026 0.0800202 0.2656324

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 28.72284 21 0.1208161
Inverse variance weighted 31.69542 22 0.0827392

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0096863 0.0065705 0.1552566

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009828 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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