Two sample MR report


AKR1C1_Macrophages against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 4 0.0357937 0.0610317 0.6169321
Weighted median 4 0.0285447 0.0090871 0.0016823
Inverse variance weighted 4 0.0291676 0.0080719 0.0003021
Simple mode 4 0.0263944 0.0128681 0.1326173
Weighted mode 4 0.0265903 0.0122483 0.1183526

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 0.1398913 2 0.9324445
Inverse variance weighted 0.1518880 3 0.9849547

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0075375 0.0688175 0.9227823

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.000107 0 TRUE 0.3278638

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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