METAANALYSIS - winkusch/Easy2 GitHub Wiki

FUNCTION	PARAMETER	DEFAULT	DESCRIPTION
METAANALYSIS	--acolBETAs		"array of effect size columns (separated by ';')
METAANALYSIS	--acolSEs		array of standard error columns
METAANALYSIS	--colOutBeta	bmeta	output column effect size
METAANALYSIS	--colOutSe	semeta	output column standard error
METAANALYSIS	--acolZSCOREs		array of z score columns
METAANALYSIS	--acolNs		array of sample size columns
METAANALYSIS	--colOutZscore	zmeta	output column z score
METAANALYSIS	--colOutN	nmeta	output column sample size
METAANALYSIS	--colOutP	pmeta	output column P value
METAANALYSIS	--acolA1s		"array of allele1 columns (separated by ';')
METAANALYSIS	--acolA2s		"array of allele2 columns (separated by ';')

IMPORTANT: Either define (--acolBETAs AND --acolSEs) to for Option 1 (inverse-variance weighted meta-analysis) OR define (--acolZscores AND --acolNs) for Option 2 (sample size weighted meta-analysis). The program will automatically recognize the formula to be applied.

Example:
METAANALYSIS --acolBETAs beta.YOUNGMEN;beta.OLDMEN;beta.YOUNGWOMEN;beta.OLDWOMEN
--acolSEs se.YOUNGMEN;se.OLDMEN;se.YOUNGWOMEN;se.OLDWOMEN
--acolA1s A1.YOUNGMEN;A1.OLDMEN;A1.YOUNGWOMEN;A1.OLDWOMEN
--acolA2s A2.YOUNGMEN;A2.OLDMEN;A2.YOUNGWOMEN;A2.OLDWOMEN
--colOutBeta betaOverall
--colOutSe seOverall
--colOutP pOverall