Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA100 edge 944)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0424567 0.0998198 0.6749210
Weighted median 23 0.0683733 0.0573955 0.2335491
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0332866 0.0390155 0.3935685
Simple mode 23 0.0384138 0.1019268 0.7098761
Weighted mode 23 0.0690787 0.0628791 0.2838227

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 20.42817 21 0.4943041
Inverse variance weighted 20.43813 22 0.5556539

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0005631 0.0056423 0.9214452

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0006414 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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