Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA100 edge 859)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0014672 0.0998205 0.9884119
Weighted median 23 0.0787726 0.0526734 0.1347861
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0605951 0.0390155 0.1203981
Simple mode 23 0.0653262 0.0888799 0.4701058
Weighted mode 23 0.0681666 0.0672448 0.3217422

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 15.50898 21 0.796574
Inverse variance weighted 15.96524 22 0.817607

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0038112 0.0056423 0.5067472

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0005569 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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