Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA100 edge 1128)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0750262 0.1136874 0.5164691
Weighted median 23 -0.0149157 0.0572517 0.7944560
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0062455 0.0438583 0.8867631
Simple mode 23 -0.0208776 0.1143863 0.8568477
Weighted mode 23 -0.0082851 0.0809381 0.9193955

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 27.24075 21 0.1630258
Inverse variance weighted 27.80116 22 0.1823648

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0042238 0.0064262 0.518137

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008432 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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