Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against wg rh intensity-contrast posteriorcingulate

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0048899 0.1371662 0.9718985
Weighted median 23 -0.0802355 0.0650568 0.2174585
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0965295 0.0530214 0.0686713
Simple mode 23 -0.1943543 0.1238320 0.1308037
Weighted mode 23 -0.1236913 0.1008899 0.2331596

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 39.98599 21 0.0074660
Inverse variance weighted 40.98905 22 0.0082658

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0056267 0.0077524 0.4759715

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.001429 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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