Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA100 edge 997)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0536468 0.0998209 0.5966200
Weighted median 23 -0.0063414 0.0556652 0.9093007
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0082087 0.0390158 0.8333589
Simple mode 23 0.0357215 0.0879767 0.6886399
Weighted mode 23 0.0147116 0.0644751 0.8216182

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 13.99972 21 0.8696114
Inverse variance weighted 14.45294 22 0.8846273

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0037985 0.0056424 0.50815

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0004393 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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