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plink2_glm_outputs

Union of columns across .glm.linear, .glm.logistic, and .glm.firth; full column sets are in formats/plink2_*.json.

Overview

Field Value
Format key plink2
Spec file formats/plink2.json
Cite name PLINK 2.0
Version PLINK 2.0 (doc revision 11 Mar 2026)
Last checked 20260326
Source https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink/2.0/formats
Citation Chang, C. C., Chow, C. C., Tellier, L. C., Vattikuti, S., Purcell, S. M., & Lee, J. J. (2015). Second-generation PLINK: rising to the challenge of larger and richer datasets. Gigascience, 4(1), s13742-015.
## File layout
Field Value
Separator TAB
NA value .
Comment prefix #
Header row yes
## Column mapping
Raw header Canonical Canonical (secondary)
#CHROM CHR —
A1 EA —
A1_CASE_FREQ EAF_CASE —
A1_CTRL_FREQ EAF_CONTROL —
A1_FREQ EAF —
ALT ALT —
BETA BETA —
CHROM CHR —
F_STAT F —
ID SNPID rsID
L95 OR_95L —
LOG(OR)_SE SE —
LOG10_P MLOG10P —
MACH_R2 INFO —
OBS_CT N —
OR OR —
P P —
POS POS —
REF REF —
SE SE —
T_STAT T —
U95 OR_95U —
Z_STAT Z —
## Coverage

8/9 tier groups satisfied.

Tier Status Matched Missing
Variant ID yes SNPID, rsID —
Genomic location yes CHR, POS —
Effect / other allele partial EA NEA
Effect size yes BETA, OR, Z HR
Uncertainty yes SE —
P-value yes P, MLOG10P —
Sample size yes N N_CASE
Allele frequency yes EAF MAF, NEAF
Imputation / QC yes INFO —
## See also