Two sample MR report


Systolic blood pressure, automated reading || id:ukb-b-20175 against Hearing difficulty/problems with background noise || id:ukb-b-18275

Date: 20 February, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 431 -0.016 0.015 0.287
Weighted median 431 -0.003 0.006 0.651
Inverse variance weighted 431 -0.010 0.005 0.047
Simple mode 431 0.001 0.021 0.952
Weighted mode 431 0.001 0.017 0.940

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 903 429 0
Inverse variance weighted 904 430 0

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0 0 0.703

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0 0 TRUE 0.268

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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