gap (version 1.1-1)

AE3: AE model using nuclear family trios

Description

This function is adapted from example 7.1 of Rabe-Hesketh et al. (2008). It also procides heritability estimate and confidence intervals.

Usage

AE3(model, random, data, seed=1234, n.sim=50000, verbose=TRUE)

Arguments

model

a linear mixed model formula, see example below

random

random effect, see exampe below

data

data to be analyzed

seed

random number seed

n.sim

number of simulations

verbose

a flag for printing out results

Value

• The returned value is a list containing:
• lme.result
  the linear mixed model result
• h2
  the heritability estimate
• CL
  confidence intervals

References

Rabe-Hesketh S, Skrondal A, Gjessing HK. Biometrical modeling of twin and family data using standard mixed model software. Biometrics 2008, 64:280-288

Examples

AE3(bwt ~ male + first + midage + highage + birthyr,
    list(familyid = pdIdent(~var1 + var2 + var3 -1)), mfblong)