Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA100 edge 1340)

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0607533 0.0998201 0.5492984
Weighted median 23 0.0855804 0.0518590 0.0988916
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0560949 0.0390159 0.1505069
Simple mode 23 0.1064065 0.0773628 0.1828450
Weighted mode 23 0.0740018 0.0610288 0.2381542

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 19.73894 21 0.5378471
Inverse variance weighted 19.74151 22 0.5992053

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0002861 0.0056423 0.960042

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0006608 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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