Two sample MR report


WDSUB1_Epithelial against UKB-b-18436

Date: 13 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 3 -0.1280633 0.2384628 0.6862506
Weighted median 3 0.0357837 0.0157833 0.0233784
Inverse variance weighted 3 0.0407379 0.0122042 0.0008437
Simple mode 3 0.0342010 0.0176507 0.1922579
Weighted mode 3 0.0340990 0.0185390 0.2072420

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 0.1910134 1 0.6620745
Inverse variance weighted 0.6934129 2 0.7070128

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0981795 0.1385149 0.6074548

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
2.93e-05 0 TRUE 0.6108974

Note - R^2 values are approximate


Forest plot of single SNP MR

plot of chunk chunk5


Comparison of results using different MR methods

plot of chunk chunk6


Funnel plot

plot of chunk chunk7


Leave-one-out sensitivity analysis

plot of chunk chunk8