Package 'MRcML'

Title: Mendelian randomization method with constrained maximum likelihood.
Description: Perform MRcML method.
Authors: Haoran Xue [aut, cre], Xiaotong Shen [aut], Wei Pan [aut]
Maintainer: Haoran Xue <[email protected]>
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Version: 0.0.0.9000
Built: 2024-12-22 05:02:55 UTC
Source: https://github.com/xue-hr/MRcML

Help Index

Estimate with Regular Likelihood

Description

Estimate theta, b vector, r vector with constrained maximum likelihood.

Usage

cML_estimate(
  b_exp,
  b_out,
  se_exp,
  se_out,
  K,
  initial_theta = 0,
  initial_mu = rep(0, length(b_exp)),
  maxit = 100
)

Arguments

b_exp

Vector of estimated effects for exposure.
b_out

Vector or estimated effects for outcome.
se_exp

Vector of standard errors for exposure.
se_out

Vector of standard errors for outcome.
K

Constraint parameter, number of invalid IVs.
initial_theta

Starting point for theta.
initial_mu

Starting point for mu.
maxit

Maximum number of iteration.

Value

A list contains: theta is the estimate causal effect, b_vec is the estimated vector of b, r_vec is the estimated vector of r.

Estimate with With Data Perturbation

Description

With multiple perturbed data, get estimated theta, se of estimated theta and negative log-likelihood, using multiple random starting points.

Usage

cML_estimate_DP(
  b_exp,
  b_out,
  se_exp,
  se_out,
  K,
  num_pert = 200,
  random_start = 0,
  maxit = 100
)

Arguments

b_exp

Vector of estimated effects for exposure.
b_out

Vector or estimated effects for outcome.
se_exp

Vector of standard errors for exposure.
se_out

Vector of standard errors for outcome.
K

Constraint parameter, number of invalid IVs.
num_pert

Number of perturbation, default is 200.
random_start

Number of random starting points, default is 0.
maxit

Maximum number of iteration.

Value

A list contains: theta_v is the vector estimated thetas, se_v is vector of standard errors of estimated thetas, l_v is vector of negative log-likelihood. Vectors all have length num_pert.

Estimate with Regular Likelihood Using Multiple Random Start Points

Description

Get estimated theta, se of estimated theta and negative log-likelihood, using multiple random starting points.

Usage

cML_estimate_random(
  b_exp,
  b_out,
  se_exp,
  se_out,
  K,
  random_start = 0,
  maxit = 100
)

Arguments

b_exp

Vector of estimated effects for exposure.
b_out

Vector or estimated effects for outcome.
se_exp

Vector of standard errors for exposure.
se_out

Vector of standard errors for outcome.
K

Constraint parameter, number of invalid IVs.
random_start

Number of random starting points, default is 0.
maxit

Maximum number of iteration.

Value

A list contains: theta is the estimate causal effect, se is standard error of estimated theta, l is negative log-likelihood, r_est is estimated r vector.

Standard Error of Estimated Theta

Description

Get the standard error of estimated theta from constrained maximum likelihood.

Usage

cML_SdTheta(b_exp, b_out, se_exp, se_out, theta, b_vec, r_vec)

Arguments

b_exp

Vector of estimated effects for exposure.
b_out

Vector or estimated effects for outcome.
se_exp

Vector of standard errors for exposure.
se_out

Vector of standard errors for outcome.
theta

Estimated theta from cML.
b_vec

Estimated vector of b from cML.
r_vec

Estimated vector of r from cML.

Value

Standard error of theta.

MRcML method

Description

This is the main function of MRcML method, without data perturbation.

Usage

mr_cML(
  b_exp,
  b_out,
  se_exp,
  se_out,
  K_vec = 0:(length(b_exp) - 2),
  random_start = 0,
  maxit = 100,
  random_seed = 0,
  n
)

Arguments

b_exp

Vector of estimated effects for exposure.
b_out

Vector or estimated effects for outcome.
se_exp

Vector of standard errors for exposure.
se_out

Vector of standard errors for outcome.
K_vec

Sets of candidate K's, the constraint parameter representing number of invalid IVs.
random_start

Number of random start points for cML, default is 0.
maxit

Maximum number of iterations for each optimization.
random_seed

Random seed, an integer. Default is 0, which does not set random seed; user could specify a positive integer as random seed to get replicable results.
n

Sample size.

Value

A list contains full results of cML methods. MA_BIC_theta, MA_BIC_se, MA_BIC_p: Estimate of theta, its standard error and p-value from cML-MA-BIC. Similarly for BIC_theta, BIC_se, BIC_p from cML-BIC; for MA_AIC_theta, MA_AIC_se, MA_AIC_p from cML-MA-AIC; for AIC_DP_theta, AIC_DP_se, AIC_DP_p from cML-AIC. BIC_invalid is the set of invalid IVs selected by cML-BIC, AIC_invalid is the set of invalid IVs selected by cML-AIC. BIC_vec is the BIC vector.

MRcML method with Data Perturbation

Description

This is the main function of MRcML method with data perturbation.

Usage

mr_cML_DP(
  b_exp,
  b_out,
  se_exp,
  se_out,
  K_vec = 0:(length(b_exp) - 2),
  random_start = 0,
  random_start_pert = 0,
  maxit = 100,
  num_pert = 200,
  random_seed = 0,
  n
)

Arguments

b_exp

Vector of estimated effects for exposure.
b_out

Vector or estimated effects for outcome.
se_exp

Vector of standard errors for exposure.
se_out

Vector of standard errors for outcome.
K_vec

Sets of candidate K's, the constraint parameter representing number of invalid IVs.
random_start

Number of random start points for cML, default is 0.
random_start_pert

Number of random start points for cML with data perturbation, default is 0.
maxit

Maximum number of iterations for each optimization.
num_pert

Number of perturbation, default is 200.
random_seed

Random seed, an integer. Default is 0, which does not set random seed; user could specify a positive integer as random seed to get replicable results.
n

Sample size.

Value

A list contains full results of cML methods. MA_BIC_theta, MA_BIC_se, MA_BIC_p: Estimate of theta, its standard error and p-value from cML-MA-BIC. Similarly for BIC_theta, BIC_se, BIC_p from cML-BIC; for MA_BIC_DP_theta, MA_BIC_DP_se, MA_BIC_DP_p from cML-MA-BIC-DP; for BIC_DP_theta, BIC_DP_se, BIC_DP_p from cML-BIC-DP. BIC_invalid is the set of invalid IVs selected by cML-BIC.

MRcML method for overlapping samples with Data Perturbation

Description

This is the main function of MRcML method for overlapping samples with data perturbation.

Usage

mr_cML_DP_Overlap(
  b_exp,
  b_out,
  se_exp,
  se_out,
  K_vec = 0:(length(b_exp) - 2),
  random_start = 0,
  random_start_pert = 0,
  maxit = 100,
  num_pert = 100,
  random_seed = 0,
  n,
  rho = 0
)

Arguments

b_exp

Vector of estimated effects for exposure.
b_out

Vector or estimated effects for outcome.
se_exp

Vector of standard errors for exposure.
se_out

Vector of standard errors for outcome.
K_vec

Sets of candidate K's, the constraint parameter representing number of invalid IVs.
random_start

Number of random start points for cML, default is 0.
random_start_pert

Number of random start points for cML with data perturbation, default is 0.
maxit

Maximum number of iterations for each optimization.
num_pert

Number of perturbation, default is 200.
random_seed

Random seed, an integer. Default is 0, which does not set random seed; user could specify a positive integer as random seed to get replicable results.
n

Sample size.
rho

Correlation between GWAS summary statistics due to overlapping samples.

Value

A list contains full results of cML methods. MA_BIC_theta, MA_BIC_se, MA_BIC_p: Estimate of theta, its standard error and p-value from cML-MA-BIC. Similarly for BIC_theta, BIC_se, BIC_p from cML-BIC; for MA_BIC_DP_theta, MA_BIC_DP_se, MA_BIC_DP_p from cML-MA-BIC-DP; for BIC_DP_theta, BIC_DP_se, BIC_DP_p from cML-BIC-DP. BIC_invalid is the set of invalid IVs selected by cML-BIC.

MRcML method for overlapping samples

Description

This is the main function of MRcML method with overlapping samples, without data perturbation.

Usage

mr_cML_Overlap(
  b_exp,
  b_out,
  se_exp,
  se_out,
  K_vec = 0:(length(b_exp) - 2),
  random_start = 0,
  maxit = 100,
  random_seed = 0,
  n,
  rho = 0
)

Arguments

b_exp

Vector of estimated effects for exposure.
b_out

Vector or estimated effects for outcome.
se_exp

Vector of standard errors for exposure.
se_out

Vector of standard errors for outcome.
K_vec

Sets of candidate K's, the constraint parameter representing number of invalid IVs.
random_start

Number of random start points for cML, default is 0.
maxit

Maximum number of iterations for each optimization.
random_seed

Random seed, an integer. Default is 0, which does not set random seed; user could specify a positive integer as random seed to get replicable results.
n

Sample size.
rho

Correlation between GWAS summary statistics due to overlapping samples.

Value

A list contains full results of cML methods. MA_BIC_theta, MA_BIC_se, MA_BIC_p: Estimate of theta, its standard error and p-value from cML-MA-BIC. Similarly for BIC_theta, BIC_se, BIC_p from cML-BIC. BIC_invalid is the set of invalid IVs selected by cML-BIC, BIC_vec is the BIC vector.