Two sample MR report


HOMER2_Macrophages against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 27 0.0459016 0.0249231 0.0774098
Weighted median 27 0.0215030 0.0047982 0.0000074
Inverse variance weighted 27 0.0192755 0.0041677 0.0000037
Simple mode 27 0.0324253 0.0096661 0.0024496
Weighted mode 27 0.0281807 0.0090248 0.0043619

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 41.84436 25 0.0186773
Inverse variance weighted 43.80926 26 0.0158457

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0232147 0.021426 0.2889336

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0003533 1e-07 TRUE 0.0766482

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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