Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA25 edge 153)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0420749 0.1186257 0.7263614
Weighted median 23 0.0497065 0.0562151 0.3765783
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0357069 0.0453035 0.4305968
Simple mode 23 0.0401682 0.0898597 0.6592372
Weighted mode 23 0.0573953 0.0607121 0.3547392

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 29.6581 21 0.0990769
Inverse variance weighted 29.6629 22 0.1268905

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0003911 0.0067053 0.9540443

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009242 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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