Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aseg rh volume VentralDC

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0062838 0.1425544 0.9652568
Weighted median 23 -0.0827501 0.0578517 0.1526071
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0503119 0.0546662 0.3573915
Simple mode 23 -0.1160016 0.0915655 0.2184501
Weighted mode 23 -0.0784884 0.0607199 0.2095510

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 43.18780 21 0.0029745
Inverse variance weighted 43.57037 22 0.0040118

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0034749 0.0080567 0.6706412

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.001371 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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