A microbial causal mediation analytic tool for health disparity and applications in body mass index

A microbial causal mediation analytic tool for health disparity and applications in body mass index

Abstract Background Emerging evidence suggests the potential mediating role of microbiome in health disparities. However, no analytic framework can be directly used to analyze microbiome as a mediator between health disparity and clinical outcome, due to the non-manipulable nature of the exposure an...

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Main Authors: Chan Wang, Jiyoung Ahn, Thaddeus Tarpey, Stella S. Yi, Richard B. Hayes, Huilin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-07-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
Casual mediation model
Health disparity
Manipulable disparity measure
Microbiome mediator
Non-manipulable exposure
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01608-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01608-9

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