Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against wg rh intensity-contrast insula

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0000737 0.1561544 0.9996279
Weighted median 23 -0.0559730 0.0609217 0.3582166
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.1155667 0.0605303 0.0562313
Simple mode 23 0.0689087 0.1122502 0.5455875
Weighted mode 23 -0.0287248 0.0797429 0.7221192

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 51.82333 21 0.0002023
Inverse variance weighted 53.42061 22 0.0001984

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0071002 0.0088254 0.4301095

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0018864 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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