Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aseg rh volume Amygdala

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0960885 0.0994454 0.3449189
Weighted median 23 0.0558767 0.0564184 0.3219792
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0137184 0.0388455 0.7239746
Simple mode 23 -0.2659547 0.0998638 0.0142026
Weighted mode 23 0.0597988 0.0689517 0.3951628

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 21.01654 21 0.4579343
Inverse variance weighted 21.82690 22 0.4702604

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0050575 0.0056204 0.3784059

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0006652 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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