KMgene: a unified R package for gene-based association analysis for complex traits

Bioinformatics. 2018 Jun 15;34(12):2144-2146. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bty066.

Abstract

Summary: In this report, we introduce an R package KMgene for performing gene-based association tests for familial, multivariate or longitudinal traits using kernel machine (KM) regression under a generalized linear mixed model framework. Extensive simulations were performed to evaluate the validity of the approaches implemented in KMgene.

Availability and implementation: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/KMgene.

Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Genetic Testing / methods*
  • Humans
  • Linear Models*
  • Lung / metabolism
  • Models, Genetic
  • Multifactorial Inheritance*
  • Software*