Two sample MR report


HLA-DQB2_Macrophages against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 10 -0.0523423 0.0531225 0.3533288
Weighted median 10 -0.0358105 0.0133414 0.0072711
Inverse variance weighted 10 -0.0308153 0.0142531 0.0306174
Simple mode 10 -0.0662091 0.0243156 0.0234957
Weighted mode 10 -0.0633419 0.0218946 0.0177961

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 23.26111 8 0.0030447
Inverse variance weighted 23.77966 9 0.0046636

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0152616 0.0361388 0.6839237

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0001117 0 TRUE 0.3200845

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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