EpiMetal

EpiMetal performs integrated statistical analyses and data-driven metabolic profiling for epidemiology and metabolomics research.


Key Features:

  • Standard epidemiological analyses: Supports standard epidemiological statistical analyses for cohort-level studies.
  • Self-organizing maps: Uses self-organizing maps for data-driven metabolic profiling.
  • Flexible data integration: Handles multiple large datasets containing arbitrary numbers of continuous and categorical variables.
  • Statistical analysis and visualization: Integrates statistical analysis and visualization capabilities for exploration of high-dimensional molecular data.

Scientific Applications:

  • Metabolomic profiling: Applied to datasets with over 500 quantitative molecular measures per sample for metabolic phenotyping.
  • Epidemiological cohort analysis: Demonstrated in large-scale epidemiological cohorts with more than 10,000 participants for population-level analyses.

Methodology:

Implements standard epidemiological statistical analyses, self-organizing maps for data-driven metabolic profiling, and integrated statistical analysis and visualization.

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Details

License:
MIT
Tool Type:
web application
Programming Languages:
JavaScript, Python
Added:
1/18/2021
Last Updated:
3/8/2021

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Publications

Ekholm J, Ohukainen P, Kangas AJ, Kettunen J, Wang Q, Karsikas M, Khan AA, Kingwell BA, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Järvelin M, Meikle PJ, Ala-Korpela M. EpiMetal: an open-source graphical web browser tool for easy statistical analyses in epidemiology and metabolomics. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2020;49(4):1075-1081. doi:10.1093/ije/dyz244. PMID:31943015. PMCID:PMC7660139.

PMID: 31943015
PMCID: PMC7660139
Funding: - NHMRC: APP1158958 - UK Medical Research Council: MC_UU_12013/1 - Novo Nordisk Foundation: NNF17OC0027034

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