Two sample MR report


THBS1_Macrophages against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 9 0.1214481 0.3597848 0.7455930
Weighted median 9 -0.0613700 0.0202422 0.0024312
Inverse variance weighted 9 -0.0475189 0.0152968 0.0018934
Simple mode 9 -0.0623263 0.0311531 0.0804357
Weighted mode 9 -0.0623263 0.0302717 0.0734859

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 5.427656 7 0.6079237
Inverse variance weighted 5.648611 8 0.6865254

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0444335 0.0945276 0.6526056

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.000133 0 TRUE 0.2753302

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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