Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aseg lh intensity Caudate

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0936339 0.1184223 0.4379708
Weighted median 23 0.0674817 0.0620280 0.2766295
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0614092 0.0453065 0.1752851
Simple mode 23 -0.1153288 0.1144024 0.3243674
Weighted mode 23 0.0456711 0.0777031 0.5626761

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 29.80356 21 0.0960071
Inverse variance weighted 29.92759 22 0.1202350

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0019786 0.0066929 0.7704212

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009826 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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