Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA100 edge 1299)

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0515962 0.0998212 0.6106367
Weighted median 23 0.0151395 0.0538054 0.7784227
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0002876 0.0390158 0.9941187
Simple mode 23 -0.0483174 0.0853044 0.5768470
Weighted mode 23 -0.0001404 0.0624255 0.9982257

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 10.87490 21 0.9651679
Inverse variance weighted 11.19377 22 0.9718739

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0031862 0.0056424 0.578269

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0003392 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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