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  • Human microbiome studies aim to correlate host traits with microbial community composition.
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  • To introduce a novel statistical framework, Predictive Analysis in Metagenomics via Inverse Regression (PAMIR), for microbiome data analysis.
  • To address the statistical complexities inherent in microbiome sequencing data.

Main Methods:

  • Developed an inverse regression model for overdispersed microbiota counts.
  • Constructed a prediction rule utilizing the model's dimension-reduction structure.
  • Proposed an efficient Monte Carlo expectation-maximization algorithm for maximum likelihood estimation.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated the advantages of PAMIR through simulations.
  • Validated the method's efficacy on two real-world microbiome datasets.
  • Showcased the framework's ability to handle complex microbiome data.

Conclusions:

  • PAMIR provides a robust statistical approach for microbiome-trait association studies.
  • The method effectively addresses common challenges in microbiome sequencing data analysis.
  • PAMIR is a valuable tool for advancing our understanding of the human microbiome.