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.fam

Per-sample row for .bed: FID, IID, father IID, mother IID, sex, phenotype. Quantitative phenotype if numeric values other than {-9,0,1,2} appear.

Overview

Field Value
Format key plink_fam
Spec file formats/plink_fam.json
Cite name PLINK 1.9
Version PLINK 1.9 (doc revision 19 Aug 2025)
Last checked 20260326
Source https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink/1.9/formats#fam
Citation Purcell, S., Neale, B., Todd-Brown, K., Thomas, L., Ferreira, M. A., Bender, D., ... & Sham, P. C. (2007). PLINK: a tool set for whole-genome association and population-based linkage analyses. The American journal of human genetics, 81(3), 559-575.
## File layout
Field Value
Separator TAB
Header row no
Column order 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
## Column mapping
Raw header Canonical
0 FID
1 IID
2 PAT
3 MAT
4 SEX
5 PHENO1
## Header descriptions
Column Description
0 Family ID
1 Within-family ID (cannot be '0')
2 Paternal IID ('0' if unknown)
3 Maternal IID ('0' if unknown)
4 Sex (1=male, 2=female, 0=unknown)
5 Phenotype (1=control, 2=case; -9/0/non-numeric missing for case/control)
## Coverage

0/9 tier groups satisfied.

Tier Status Matched Missing
Variant ID no SNPID, rsID
Genomic location no CHR, POS
Effect / other allele no EA, NEA
Effect size no BETA, OR, HR, Z
Uncertainty no SE
P-value no P, MLOG10P
Sample size no N, N_CASE
Allele frequency no EAF, MAF, NEAF
Imputation / QC no INFO
## See also