Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aseg rh volume vessel

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1279164 0.1052657 0.2377848
Weighted median 23 0.0376797 0.0597728 0.5284453
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0246283 0.0424949 0.5622128
Simple mode 23 0.0479645 0.1278243 0.7110770
Weighted mode 23 0.0707884 0.0677471 0.3074188

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 23.54883 21 0.3154279
Inverse variance weighted 26.32814 22 0.2378604

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0093662 0.0059494 0.1303596

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.00081 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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