GWAS-VCF Python parser

The package provides a thin wrapper around pysam and rsidx to parse VCF files containing GWAS summary statistics and trait metadata. See also gwasvcf an R package for parsing GWAS-VCF files.

Parses GWAS-VCF with version 1.0 of the specification

Install

pip install pygwasvcf

Data

Download over 10,000 GWAS-VCF files from https://gwas.mrcieu.ac.uk

Examples

Read GWAS trait/study metadata

import pygwasvcf
with pygwasvcf.GwasVcf("/path/to/gwas.vcf.gz") as g:
    # print dictionary of GWAS metadata
    print(g.get_metadata())

Query variant-trait association(s) by chromosome and position location

import pygwasvcf
with pygwasvcf.GwasVcf("/path/to/gwas.vcf.gz") as g:
    # query by chromosome and position interval
    for variant in g.query(contig="1", start=1, stop=1):
        print(variant)

Query variant-trait association(s) by dbSNP rsID

import pygwasvcf
with pygwasvcf.GwasVcf("/path/to/gwas.vcf.gz") as g:
    # index on dbSNP identifier
    # based on [rsidx](https://github.com/bioforensics/rsidx)
    # only need to do this once and then provide the index path to the constructor
    # i.e. GwasVcf("/path/to/gwas.vcf.gz", rsidx_path="/path/to/gwas.vcf.gz.rsidx")
    g.index_rsid()

    # rapid query by rsID  
    for variant in g.query(variant_id="rs1245"):
        print(variant)

Extract summary statistics from a variant object

import pygwasvcf
with pygwasvcf.GwasVcf("/path/to/gwas.vcf.gz") as g:
    # query by chromosome and position interval
    for variant in g.query(contig="1", start=1, stop=1):
        # print variant-trait P value
        print(pygwasvcf.VariantRecordGwasFuns.get_pval(variant, "trait_name"))
        # print variant-trait SE
        print(pygwasvcf.VariantRecordGwasFuns.get_se(variant, "trait_name"))
        # print variant-trait beta
        print(pygwasvcf.VariantRecordGwasFuns.get_beta(variant, "trait_name"))
        # print variant-trait allele frequency
        print(pygwasvcf.VariantRecordGwasFuns.get_af(variant, "trait_name"))
        # print variant-trait ID
        print(pygwasvcf.VariantRecordGwasFuns.get_id(variant, "trait_name"))
        # create and print ID on-the-fly if missing
        print(pygwasvcf.VariantRecordGwasFuns.get_id(variant, "trait_name", create_if_missing=True))
        # print variant-trait sample size
        print(pygwasvcf.VariantRecordGwasFuns.get_ss(variant, "trait_name"))
        # print variant-trait total sample size from header if per-variant is missing
        print(pygwasvcf.VariantRecordGwasFuns.get_ss(variant, "trait_name", g.get_metadata()))
        # print variant-trait number of cases
        print(pygwasvcf.VariantRecordGwasFuns.get_nc(variant, "trait_name"))
        # print variant-trait total cases from header if per-variant is missing
        print(pygwasvcf.VariantRecordGwasFuns.get_nc(variant, "trait_name", g.get_metadata()))

Documentation

API documentation available from https://mrcieu.github.io/pygwasvcf

Citation

The variant call format provides efficient and robust storage of GWAS summary statistics. Lyon MS, Andrews SJ, Elsworth B, Gaunt TR, Hemani G, Marcora E. Genome Biol. 22, 32 (2021).