Two sample MR report


HLA-DQA1_Macrophages against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 35 0.0018233 0.0738146 0.9804418
Weighted median 35 0.0972449 0.0110790 0.0000000
Inverse variance weighted 35 0.0925128 0.0117138 0.0000000
Simple mode 35 0.1346392 0.0234389 0.0000019
Weighted mode 35 0.1138841 0.0277366 0.0002388

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 128.5649 33 0
Inverse variance weighted 134.5951 34 0

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0354349 0.0284818 0.222218

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0004138 7e-07 TRUE 0.0631508

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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