Two sample MR report


Phosphatidylcholine (16:0_22:4) levels against finn-b-I9_PVT_EXNONE

Date: 16 December, 2025


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 4 0.5861554 0.7745222 0.5281750
Weighted median 4 0.9149297 0.3615659 0.0113912
Inverse variance weighted 4 0.8666442 0.3486943 0.0129407
Simple mode 4 1.0418837 0.5859270 0.1734345
Weighted mode 4 0.9258888 0.3985504 0.1027890

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 1.060011 2 0.5886017
Inverse variance weighted 1.224499 3 0.7471347

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0615936 0.1518691 0.7243303

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0016648 0 TRUE 0.0010787

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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