Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aseg global intensity Optic-Chiasm

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0046448 0.0994066 0.9631739
Weighted median 23 0.0612253 0.0529274 0.2473631
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0622058 0.0388455 0.1092959
Simple mode 23 0.0198423 0.0867520 0.8211961
Weighted mode 23 0.0367179 0.0629802 0.5658176

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 14.72209 21 0.8366338
Inverse variance weighted 15.25585 22 0.8510261

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0041046 0.0056182 0.473104

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.00054 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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