Two sample MR report


METTL9_Macrophages against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 5 0.0063206 0.0481668 0.9039041
Weighted median 5 0.0164376 0.0103352 0.1117334
Inverse variance weighted 5 0.0201974 0.0087089 0.0203858
Simple mode 5 0.0162358 0.0129887 0.2794443
Weighted mode 5 0.0160655 0.0112610 0.2268406

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 0.7986009 3 0.8498017
Inverse variance weighted 0.8844070 4 0.9267871

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0098798 0.033728 0.788671

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0002229 0 TRUE 0.1556936

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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