Two sample MR report


order.Actinomycetales.id.420 against BK polyomavirus seropositivity

Date: 22 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 5 1.0585749 1.0425854 0.3847092
Weighted median 5 0.7629380 0.5196908 0.1420876
Inverse variance weighted 5 0.9386928 0.4015371 0.0194003
Simple mode 5 0.7983199 0.6996623 0.3175400
Weighted mode 5 0.7559855 0.6390038 0.3022937

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 1.963028 3 0.5801157
Inverse variance weighted 1.978552 4 0.7397039

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0131961 0.1059103 0.9087228

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
3.79e-05 3e-07 TRUE 0.7298839

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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