Two sample MR report


ARL16_Epithelial against bbj-a-88

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 3 -0.0252763 0.2083896 0.9231577
Weighted median 3 0.0316708 0.0171450 0.0647126
Inverse variance weighted 3 0.0357442 0.0145884 0.0142789
Simple mode 3 0.0314814 0.0215500 0.2815164
Weighted mode 3 0.0313950 0.0205231 0.2657105

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 0.1698062 1 0.6802841
Inverse variance weighted 0.2559714 2 0.8798660

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.04454 0.1517345 0.818233

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
3.88e-05 0 TRUE 0.5551687

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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