Two sample MR report


HLA-A_Alveolar Macrophages against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 17 -0.0500080 0.0565779 0.3907088
Weighted median 17 0.0608613 0.0088089 0.0000000
Inverse variance weighted 17 0.0541725 0.0063093 0.0000000
Simple mode 17 0.0662488 0.0144671 0.0003087
Weighted mode 17 0.0655285 0.0147935 0.0004207

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 8.686143 15 0.8933480
Inverse variance weighted 12.119456 16 0.7357165

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0508781 0.0274583 0.0836705

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0002104 1e-07 TRUE 0.1744316

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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