Two sample MR report


genus.Catenibacterium.id.2153 against BK polyomavirus seropositivity

Date: 22 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 5 3.0605349 2.5288201 0.3128372
Weighted median 5 -0.8359018 0.3927251 0.0332985
Inverse variance weighted 5 -0.6180414 0.2789057 0.0266949
Simple mode 5 -0.9901671 0.5152153 0.1270006
Weighted mode 5 -1.0019272 0.5747539 0.1562474

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 1.362156 3 0.7144291
Inverse variance weighted 3.504252 4 0.4772322

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.4963631 0.3391408 0.2395077

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0002124 3e-07 TRUE 0.4970939

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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