Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA100 edge 661)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0927326 0.1069971 0.3959104
Weighted median 23 0.0687240 0.0539018 0.2023142
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0237693 0.0413333 0.5652486
Simple mode 23 0.1063091 0.0772424 0.1825758
Weighted mode 23 0.0767791 0.0569339 0.1911970

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 24.12813 21 0.2868919
Inverse variance weighted 24.69150 22 0.3120539

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.004235 0.006048 0.4914645

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007595 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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