GRAB0.2.4 package

Genome-Wide Robust Analysis for Biobank Data (GRAB)

CCT

Cauchy Combination Test for p-value aggregation

fitNullModel.POLMM

Fit POLMM null model for ordinal outcomes

fitNullModel.SPACox

Fit SPACox null model from survival outcomes or residuals

fitNullModel.SPAmix

Fit a SPAmix null model from a survival response (Surv) with covaria...

fitNullModel.WtCoxG

Fit weighted Cox null model with outlier handling and batch-effect QC

getPairwiseIBD

Calculate Pairwise IBD (Identity By Descent)

getSparseGRM

Make a SparseGRMFile for GRAB.NullModel.

getTempFilesFullGRM

Make temporary files to be passed to function getSparseGRM.

GRAB.getGenoInfo

Get allele frequency and missing rate information from genotype data

GRAB.makePlink

Convert genotype matrix to PLINK format files

GRAB.Marker

Perform single-marker association tests using a fitted null model

GRAB.NullModel

Top-level API for generating a null model object used by GRAB.Marker a...

GRAB.POLMM

Instruction of POLMM method

GRAB.POLMM.Region

Instruction of POLMM-GENE method

GRAB.ReadGeno

Read genotype data from multiple file formats

GRAB.Region

Perform region-based association tests

GRAB.SAGELD

SAGELD method in GRAB package

GRAB.SimubVec

Simulate random effects based on family structure

GRAB.SimuGMat

Simulate genotype data matrix for related and unrelated subjects

GRAB.SimuGMatFromGenoFile

Simulate genotype matrix from external genotype file

GRAB.SimuPheno

Simulate phenotypes from linear predictors

GRAB.SPACox

Instruction of SPACox method

GRAB.SPAGRM

Instruction of SPAGRM method

GRAB.SPAmix

Instruction of SPAmix method

GRAB.WtCoxG

Instruction of WtCoxG method

SAGELD.NullModel

Construct SAGELD/GALLOP null model from a mixed-effects fit

SPAGRM.NullModel

Fit SPAGRM null model from residuals and relatedness inputs

TestforBatchEffect

Quality control to check batch effect between study cohort and referen...

Provides a comprehensive suite of genome-wide association study (GWAS) methods specifically designed for biobank-scale data, including but not limited to, robust approaches for time-to-event traits (Li et al., 2025 <doi:10.1038/s43588-025-00864-z>) and ordinal categorical traits (Bi et al., 2021 <doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.03.019>). The package also offers general frameworks for GWAS of any trait type (Bi et al., 2020 <doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.06.003>), while accounting for sample relatedness (Xu et al., 2025 <doi:10.1038/s41467-025-56669-1>) or population structure (Ma et al., 2025 <doi:10.1186/s13059-025-03827-9>). By accurately approximating score statistic distributions using saddlepoint approximation (SPA), these methods can effectively control type I error rates for rare variants and in the presence of unbalanced phenotype distributions. Additionally, the package includes functions for simulating genotype and phenotype data to support research and method development.

  • Maintainer: Woody Miao
  • License: GPL (>= 2)
  • Last published: 2025-12-05