Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aseg global volume 4th-Ventricle

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1453175 0.1161574 0.2246787
Weighted median 23 0.1250458 0.0606974 0.0393841
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0500782 0.0451781 0.2676619
Simple mode 23 0.1678552 0.1260341 0.1965527
Weighted mode 23 0.1678552 0.0779401 0.0424882

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 28.67550 21 0.1220126
Inverse variance weighted 29.75892 22 0.1244427

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0058477 0.006565 0.383159

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009521 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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