Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA100 edge 510)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0869288 0.0998208 0.3936836
Weighted median 23 0.0382616 0.0540911 0.4793463
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0054249 0.0390156 0.8894160
Simple mode 23 0.0295717 0.0945751 0.7574685
Weighted mode 23 0.0503071 0.0549303 0.3696834

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 20.75955 21 0.4737101
Inverse variance weighted 21.76988 22 0.4736937

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0056714 0.0056423 0.3262656

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0006602 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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