Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against rfMRI connectivity (ICA25 edge 70)

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0457046 0.1194007 0.7057276
Weighted median 23 -0.0403209 0.0576923 0.4846174
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0356665 0.0461870 0.4399853
Simple mode 23 -0.0539935 0.0915291 0.5612647
Weighted mode 23 -0.0425764 0.0650006 0.5192478

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 30.04673 21 0.0910530
Inverse variance weighted 30.83107 22 0.0996245

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.004997 0.0067491 0.4672597

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009595 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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