Two sample MR report


family.Rikenellaceae.id.967 against BK polyomavirus seropositivity

Date: 22 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 20 0.1541870 0.9789421 0.8766013
Weighted median 20 0.7101236 0.4245308 0.0943813
Inverse variance weighted 20 0.6733523 0.3151565 0.0326334
Simple mode 20 0.2860323 0.7082861 0.6908415
Weighted mode 20 0.1982180 0.7051815 0.7816811

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 13.55152 18 0.7578241
Inverse variance weighted 13.86529 19 0.7914865

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0385902 0.068892 0.582279

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
3.12e-05 5e-07 TRUE 0.7160603

Note - R^2 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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