Two sample MR report


genus.Eggerthella.id.819 against BK polyomavirus seropositivity

Date: 22 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 11 0.3698592 1.1345259 0.7518742
Weighted median 11 0.2543501 0.3228635 0.4308169
Inverse variance weighted 11 0.5226502 0.2434437 0.0318009
Simple mode 11 0.0859509 0.5091806 0.8693175
Weighted mode 11 0.0859509 0.4796613 0.8613664

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 7.717842 9 0.5628119
Inverse variance weighted 7.736854 10 0.6545230

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0170502 0.123655 0.8933664

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0001814 5e-07 TRUE 0.4728776

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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