Two sample MR report


N-acetylcarnosine levels against Malignant_melanoma_of_skin

Date: 03 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 5 0.0964372 0.2348844 0.7089489
Weighted median 5 -0.0823490 0.0761800 0.2797067
Inverse variance weighted 5 -0.1409581 0.0656154 0.0316941
Simple mode 5 -0.0585090 0.1129962 0.6319206
Weighted mode 5 -0.0631131 0.0858225 0.5028922

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 3.312788 3 0.3458667
Inverse variance weighted 4.533606 4 0.3385813

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0409231 0.0389206 0.3702696

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0019405 0 TRUE 0.000124

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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