Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against wg lh intensity-contrast superiortemporal

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0859589 0.1632111 0.6039397
Weighted median 23 -0.1590035 0.0644730 0.0136555
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.1910583 0.0630352 0.0024376
Simple mode 23 -0.1840542 0.1029138 0.0874881
Weighted mode 23 -0.1916786 0.1042852 0.0796013

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 56.61706 21 4.09e-05
Inverse variance weighted 57.93652 22 4.49e-05

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0064532 0.0092244 0.4918699

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0024883 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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