Two sample MR report


HLA-DQA2_Macrophages against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 102 0.0504045 0.0164619 0.0028253
Weighted median 102 0.0176484 0.0028128 0.0000000
Inverse variance weighted 102 0.0105008 0.0022783 0.0000040
Simple mode 102 0.0230265 0.0066572 0.0007957
Weighted mode 102 0.0223840 0.0066310 0.0010461

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 140.8558 100 0.0044664
Inverse variance weighted 149.2860 101 0.0012836

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.029142 0.011912 0.0161735

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0017615 1e-07 TRUE 7.25e-05

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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