Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA25 edge 174)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1612541 0.1023432 0.1300591
Weighted median 23 0.0500041 0.0563121 0.3745502
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0216144 0.0410756 0.5987411
Simple mode 23 0.0327725 0.0917608 0.7243811
Weighted mode 23 0.0523126 0.0619164 0.4072672

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 22.0748 21 0.3952104
Inverse variance weighted 24.3846 22 0.3273970

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0085752 0.0057849 0.1531009

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007482 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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