Two sample MR report


SPATA20_Macrophages against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 13 0.0255119 0.0322944 0.4462360
Weighted median 13 0.0163863 0.0064548 0.0111293
Inverse variance weighted 13 0.0158085 0.0052210 0.0024629
Simple mode 13 0.0221041 0.0092579 0.0342861
Weighted mode 13 0.0175673 0.0081611 0.0524023

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 14.02789 11 0.2314539
Inverse variance weighted 14.14638 12 0.2914589

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0078101 0.0256231 0.7662016

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0008532 0 TRUE 0.0054949

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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