Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA25 edge 179)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1424513 0.1039811 0.1851657
Weighted median 23 0.0399300 0.0538850 0.4586800
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0005894 0.0417658 0.9887397
Simple mode 23 0.0342447 0.0903791 0.7083942
Weighted mode 23 0.0535223 0.0591853 0.3756237

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 22.78722 21 0.3554275
Inverse variance weighted 25.21094 22 0.2870941

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0087841 0.0058775 0.1499125

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007639 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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