Two sample MR report


ERP27_Epithelial against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 21 -0.0047021 0.0152583 0.7613074
Weighted median 21 0.0111385 0.0053900 0.0387782
Inverse variance weighted 21 0.0100700 0.0040936 0.0138955
Simple mode 21 0.0194944 0.0092064 0.0469438
Weighted mode 21 0.0119590 0.0084568 0.1727032

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 8.032739 19 0.9863384
Inverse variance weighted 9.042717 20 0.9824072

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0101767 0.0101263 0.3275362

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0013148 0 TRUE 0.0005522

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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