Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA25 edge 168)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1364801 0.0998203 0.1860023
Weighted median 23 -0.0310798 0.0575029 0.5888583
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0051769 0.0397905 0.8964835
Simple mode 23 -0.0222024 0.1146718 0.8482522
Weighted mode 23 -0.0522072 0.0688923 0.4566066

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 20.50576 21 0.4894591
Inverse variance weighted 22.88280 22 0.4083727

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0086992 0.0056423 0.1380657

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0006939 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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