Systematically assessing microbiome-disease associations identifies drivers of inconsistency in metagenomic research.

Evaluating the relationship between the human gut microbiome and disease requires computing reliable statistical associations. Here, using millions of different association modeling strategies, we evaluated the consistency-or robustness-of microbiome-based disease indicators for 6 prevalent and well...

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Main Authors: Braden T Tierney, Yingxuan Tan, Zhen Yang, Bing Shui, Michaela J Walker, Benjamin M Kent, Aleksandar D Kostic, Chirag J Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-03-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001556