Objects of class 'dnaEPICO_preprocessingPheno' are list-based results returned by preprocessingPheno(). They describe the phenotype data, methylation matrices, timepoint splits, longitudinal merges, and optional exported files.

Structure

pheno

Phenotype table read from phenoFile.

metricsData

Object returned by loadMetricsPreprocessingPheno().

timepointData

Object returned by splitTimepointsPreprocessingPheno().

combinedData

Object returned by combineTimepointsPreprocessingPheno(), or NULL when the combined object was skipped.

clockFoundation

Object returned by buildClockFoundationInputsPreprocessingPheno(), with original phenotype sex values preserved for export.

savedFiles

Object returned by writePreprocessingPhenoOutputs() when saveOutputs = TRUE, otherwise NULL.

logFile

Resolved path to the optional log file, or NULL when logging was disabled.