inst/extdata/check_foldchange.R

#' @title Fold Change for phyloseq Objects
#' @description Calculate Log10 Fold Change for two-group comparison with phyloseq objects.
#' @param x \code{\link{phyloseq-class}} object or a data matrix 
#'            (features x samples; eg. HITChip taxa vs. samples)
#' @param group Vector with specifying the groups
#' @param sort sort the results
#' @param paired Paired comparison (Default: FALSE)
#' @return Fold change information for two-group comparison.
#' @examples 
#'   data(dietswap)
#'   fc <- check_foldchange(dietswap, "sex")
#' @export
#' @references See citation('microbiome') 
#' @author Contact: Leo Lahti \email{microbiome-admin@@googlegroups.com}
#' @keywords utilities
check_foldchange <- function (x, group, sort = FALSE, paired = FALSE) {

  # Pick the grouping variable from sample metadata
  g <- group
  if (length(g) == 1) {
    g <- sample_data(x)[[g]]

    if (!is.factor(g)) {
      warning(paste("Converting the grouping variable", group, "into a factor."))
      g <- as.factor(g)
    }
    
    g <- droplevels(g)
    if (!length(levels(g)) == 2) {
      stop(paste("check_foldchange is currently implemented only for two-group comparisons. The selected variable", group, "has", length(unique(g)), "levels: ", paste(unique(g), collapse = "/")))
    }
  }

  if (is(x) == "phyloseq") {    
    x <- abundances(x)
  }

  # Calculate fold changes
  if (paired) {
    fc <- apply(x, 1, function (xi) {spl <- split(xi, g);
      log10(mean(spl[[2]] - spl[[1]], na.rm = TRUE))
		 })
  } else {
    fc <- apply(x, 1, function (xi) {spl <- split(xi, g);
      log10(mean(spl[[2]], na.rm = TRUE)) - log10(mean(spl[[1]], na.rm = TRUE))
		 })

  }

  # Sort
  if (sort) {
    fc <- sort(fc)
  }

  fc

}

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