Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA100 edge 286)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.2190127 0.1377354 0.1267555
Weighted median 23 0.0234730 0.0634110 0.7112547
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0238504 0.0554858 0.6673071
Simple mode 23 0.0819197 0.1248753 0.5186188
Weighted mode 23 0.0585764 0.0744829 0.4399983

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 39.98442 21 0.0074693
Inverse variance weighted 44.49645 22 0.0030727

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0119848 0.0077854 0.1386412

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0013596 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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