Utilities

pysumstats.cov_matrix_from_phenotype_file(dataframe, phenotypes=None)

Function to generate a covariance (cov_Z) matrix from a phenotype file.

Parameters:

• dataframe (pd.Dataframe) – pd.Dataframe containing phenotypic data
• phenotypes (list.) – list of phenotypes to include

Returns:

pd.Dataframe of covariance matrix.