Two sample MR report


LGALS2_Conventional Dendritic Cell against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 4 0.0283213 0.2479720 0.9195023
Weighted median 4 0.0373828 0.0146030 0.0104691
Inverse variance weighted 4 0.0378773 0.0127369 0.0029412
Simple mode 4 0.0370173 0.0183513 0.1370335
Weighted mode 4 0.0369077 0.0190443 0.1480024

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 0.1190873 2 0.9421944
Inverse variance weighted 0.1205763 3 0.9892587

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0046247 0.1198482 0.9727245

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
3.49e-05 0 TRUE 0.5762936

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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