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| This page describes how [[RAREMETALWORKER]] handles some special cased during analyses. | | This page describes how [[RAREMETALWORKER]] handles some special cased during analyses. |
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| + | ==Useful Links== |
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| + | Here are some useful links to key pages: |
| + | * The [[RAREMETALWORKER | '''RAREMETALWORKER documentation''']] |
| + | * The [[RAREMETALWORKER_METHOD | '''RAREMETALWORKER method''']] |
| + | * The [[RAREMETALWORKER_command_reference | '''RAREMETALWORKER command reference''']] |
| + | * The [[Tutorial:_RAREMETAL| '''RAREMETALWORKER quick start tutorial''']] |
| + | * The [[RAREMETAL_FAQ | '''FAQ''']] |
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| == Unrelated Individuals == | | == Unrelated Individuals == |
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| [[RAREMETALWORKER]] generates single variant association test statistics for a single study prior to meta-analysis. This page provides a brief description of the statistics that | | [[RAREMETALWORKER]] generates single variant association test statistics for a single study prior to meta-analysis. This page provides a brief description of the statistics that |
− | [[RAREMETALWORKER]] calculates, together with key formulae.
| + | RAREMETALWORKER calculates, together with key formulae. |
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| == Missing Data == | | == Missing Data == |
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| * If --makeResiduals is used for adjusting covariates, then individuals with missing covariates will also be excluded. | | * If --makeResiduals is used for adjusting covariates, then individuals with missing covariates will also be excluded. |
| * Individuals that are not genotyped will also be excluded from analyses. | | * Individuals that are not genotyped will also be excluded from analyses. |
| + | * Missing genotypes are imputed using mean genotype of a variant. |
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| + | == Analyzing Chromosome X== |
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| + | * To make sure RAREMETALWORKER analyze chromosome X correctly, '''male must be code as 1 and female must be coded as 2''' in [[RAREMETALWORKER#PED_and_DAT_Files | '''PED''']] file. |
| + | * --xStart and --xEnd options described the start and end position of nonPAR region on chromosome X. The default values are 2699520 and 154931044, according to Human Genome build 19. |
| + | * When samples are analyzed as unrelated (no any kind of kinship is used for linear mixed model approach), no special actions needed for analyzing markers on chromosome X. |
| + | * If you want to use a linear mixed model approach to correct family structure, population structure, or cryptic relatedness, you should issue --vcX option in your command line. This approach will fit a separate linear mixed model using both autosomal kinship matrix and chromosomeX kinship matrix. This approach is believed to have larger power with type I error well controlled. |
| + | * On the other hand, if you want a fast association for chromosome X, another valid approach is to issue --vcX --separateX options. This will initiate fitting a separate linear mixed model using chromosomeX kinship only for analyzing markers on chromosomeX. This approach is expected to be faster than the above option, but with less power, although type I error is also expected to be under control. |
| + | * Male genotypes for variants in nonPAR region are coded to be 0 or 2. |
| + | * If a male is heterozygous in nonPAR region, then the genotype of that male sample is considered missing and will be imputed using mean genotype. |
| + | * If a male has genotype coded as ./x in nonPAR region, then the genotype of that male sample is considered missing and will be imputed using mean genotype. |
| + | * For details of methods analyzing chromosomeX, please refer to [[RAREMETALWORKER_method | '''method''']]. |