Two sample MR report


Hippurate levels against Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis || id:ieu-a-1085

Date: 03 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 8 -0.1128132 0.0543878 0.0833971
Weighted median 8 -0.0566398 0.0224730 0.0117240
Inverse variance weighted 8 -0.0543205 0.0168843 0.0012944
Simple mode 8 -0.0827337 0.0367038 0.0588420
Weighted mode 8 -0.0827337 0.0350526 0.0503212

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 5.528949 6 0.4779648
Inverse variance weighted 6.808956 7 0.4490388

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.006229 0.0055057 0.301081

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
6.03e-05 0 TRUE 0.5363859

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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