Two sample MR report


Phosphatidylcholine (18:0_22:5) levels against finn-b-I9_PVT_EXNONE

Date: 16 December, 2025


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 6 1.8842169 0.6966963 0.0538427
Weighted median 6 0.8632496 0.3796043 0.0229613
Inverse variance weighted 6 0.8018271 0.3378545 0.0176303
Simple mode 6 0.7627298 0.7503541 0.3560307
Weighted mode 6 0.9067612 0.3984638 0.0719291

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 2.199804 4 0.6990651
Inverse variance weighted 5.301407 5 0.3802138

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.2258322 0.1282309 0.1530137

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0016662 0 TRUE 0.001137

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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