Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA100 edge 773)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1376592 0.1141453 0.2412301
Weighted median 23 0.0360418 0.0638093 0.5721856
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0022717 0.0453925 0.9600866
Simple mode 23 0.1423445 0.1267678 0.2735954
Weighted mode 23 0.0918425 0.0786281 0.2552844

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 27.46021 21 0.1561344
Inverse variance weighted 29.77971 22 0.1239176

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0085931 0.006452 0.1971858

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009025 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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