Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aseg rh intensity Hippocampus

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0685816 0.1317861 0.6082277
Weighted median 23 0.0674267 0.0615893 0.2736136
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0804386 0.0503260 0.1099650
Simple mode 23 0.3280964 0.1364856 0.0250853
Weighted mode 23 0.0516522 0.0758987 0.5032614

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 36.90984 21 0.0172397
Inverse variance weighted 36.92663 22 0.0240981

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.000728 0.0074482 0.923063

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0012489 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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