Two sample MR report


SNHG8_Epithelial against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 11 0.0327281 0.0487900 0.5191933
Weighted median 11 -0.0297198 0.0106924 0.0054437
Inverse variance weighted 11 -0.0294305 0.0082091 0.0003369
Simple mode 11 -0.0284773 0.0175197 0.1351292
Weighted mode 11 -0.0290574 0.0154552 0.0895091

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 3.903040 9 0.9176774
Inverse variance weighted 5.573409 10 0.8497408

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0290259 0.0224585 0.2284036

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0002271 0 TRUE 0.1534308

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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