Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA100 edge 179)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1298202 0.1023261 0.2184348
Weighted median 23 0.0361180 0.0574908 0.5298469
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0186114 0.0403518 0.6446348
Simple mode 23 0.0780059 0.0986128 0.4373710
Weighted mode 23 0.0605023 0.0598062 0.3227083

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 22.06757 21 0.3956248
Inverse variance weighted 23.53258 22 0.3721981

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0068293 0.005784 0.2509092

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.00072 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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