Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA100 edge 683)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0671015 0.1076321 0.5397127
Weighted median 23 0.0431625 0.0559379 0.4403425
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0086899 0.0416706 0.8348095
Simple mode 23 0.0452157 0.0961362 0.6427487
Weighted mode 23 0.0383188 0.0625797 0.5466036

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 24.41555 21 0.2733627
Inverse variance weighted 25.09601 22 0.2925056

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0046543 0.0060839 0.4527673

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.000762 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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