Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aseg lh intensity Accumbens-area

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0506370 0.1079923 0.6439760
Weighted median 23 0.0611811 0.0598678 0.3068107
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0330423 0.0412611 0.4232413
Simple mode 23 -0.0381676 0.1064913 0.7234527
Weighted mode 23 0.0325836 0.0733056 0.6610302

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 24.78448 21 0.2566190
Inverse variance weighted 24.82146 22 0.3056889

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0010803 0.0061035 0.8612046

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007741 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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