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gringer
<p>I am trying to learn how to do association analysis of methylation array data with numerical trait like body weight, eGFR.
As I have seen some of the publications, methylation data association with eGFR has been showed through regression analysis but I am not sure how to run regression for so many CpG probes in R.</p>
<p>Can you have look on this below publication and could you help with R code for regression analysis?</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01297-7.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01297-7.pdf</a></p>
<p>I do have methylation beta value from RnBeads but I am not sure how to read methylation data (rows/column-CpG/SampleID) and then how to read phenotype data file and finally how to make single sheet to run regression analysis?</p>

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Have a look at this method https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/34/15/2657/4939328
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Hi, I found a way to do methylation data association analysis with eGFR as shown here (https://support.bioconductor.org/p/93868/), but not sure how make input files; like in methylation data file; do I take CpG probe as rows or column? and I am also not sure how to mention covarites in modal.matrix for eGFR association? Many thanks
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Association analysis for methylation beta value and phenotypes in R
# Association analysis for methylation beta value and phenotypes in R

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-05-13)

I am trying to learn how to do association analysis of methylation array data with numerical trait like body weight, eGFR.
As I have seen some of the publications, methylation data association with eGFR has been showed through regression analysis but I am not sure how to run regression for so many CpG probes in R.

Can you have look on this below publication and could you help with R code for regression analysis?

<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01297-7.pdf>

I do have methylation beta value from RnBeads but I am not sure how to read methylation data (rows/column-CpG/SampleID) and then how to read phenotype data file and finally how to make single sheet to run regression analysis?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Have a look at this method https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/34/15/2657/4939328  
> **username_0**: Hi, I found a way to do methylation data association analysis with eGFR as shown here (https://support.bioconductor.org/p/93868/), but not sure how make input files; like in methylation data file; do I take CpG probe as rows or column? and I am also not sure how to mention covarites in modal.matrix for eGFR association? Many thanks  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-05-15. Score: -1

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Have a look at this method:

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