Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA100 edge 1455)

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1712426 0.1108409 0.1372977
Weighted median 23 0.0446167 0.0591963 0.4510248
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0137771 0.0446632 0.7577270
Simple mode 23 0.0658261 0.1008639 0.5207615
Weighted mode 23 0.0576537 0.0715696 0.4291171

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 25.89327 21 0.2105479
Inverse variance weighted 28.83050 22 0.1497642

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0096699 0.0062653 0.1376645

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008774 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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