Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aseg lh volume Inf-Lat-Vent

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0360254 0.1135010 0.7540733
Weighted median 23 0.0819093 0.0597021 0.1700737
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0253228 0.0433443 0.5590688
Simple mode 23 -0.0846616 0.1032863 0.4211914
Weighted mode 23 0.0418577 0.0718873 0.5663057

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 27.37753 21 0.1587037
Inverse variance weighted 27.39121 22 0.1967433

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0006571 0.0064148 0.9193793

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008429 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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