Two sample MR report


Triglycerides in medium VLDL against Malignant_melanoma_of_skin

Date: 03 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 12 0.2003936 0.1689806 0.2630759
Weighted median 12 0.2326605 0.0894590 0.0093020
Inverse variance weighted 12 0.1706439 0.0648845 0.0085394
Simple mode 12 0.2469137 0.1571562 0.1444516
Weighted mode 12 0.2766602 0.1128095 0.0321057

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 11.49706 10 0.3201244
Inverse variance weighted 11.53957 11 0.3992274

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0038231 0.0198838 0.8513778

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0002287 0 TRUE 0.0491481

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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