Adding a factor from metadata as a covariate in PLS model

Hello! I am implementing a pls2 model arranged very similar to the liver toxicity study, but I would like to add age (a 2-factor column in my metadata data frame) as a covariate in the model. How can I execute this using the mixOmics package? Thank you in advance!

hi @hardytan and welcome,

Unfortunately we do not have (yet!*) any method to do this. So you will need to correct for age before inputing the data. For example using a linear model and extracting the residuals (or any other method of your choice).

  • it will take a long while
    Kim-Anh