Two sample MR report


IL_16 against Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis || id:ieu-a-1085

Date: 03 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 4 0.0103262 0.0125568 0.4973167
Weighted median 4 0.0133431 0.0080513 0.0974682
Inverse variance weighted 4 0.0150496 0.0073943 0.0418215
Simple mode 4 0.0145156 0.0141326 0.3799449
Weighted mode 4 0.0120547 0.0086688 0.2585515

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 2.373056 2 0.3052794
Inverse variance weighted 2.658323 3 0.4473565

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0016847 0.0034359 0.6724166

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0016331 0 TRUE 0.0224742

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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