Two sample MR report


LGALS2_Interstitial Macrophages against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 5 0.0708512 0.2274902 0.7758494
Weighted median 5 0.0201787 0.0081341 0.0131106
Inverse variance weighted 5 0.0201679 0.0067229 0.0027009
Simple mode 5 0.0197524 0.0105622 0.1348150
Weighted mode 5 0.0199030 0.0101619 0.1217512

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 0.3339809 3 0.9535159
Inverse variance weighted 0.3836610 4 0.9837926

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0408042 0.1830683 0.8379344

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
7.36e-05 0 TRUE 0.4159689

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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