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  • Statistical bioinformatics
  • Dietary intervention studies

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  • Diet significantly influences gut microbiome composition and function.
  • Numerous statistical methods exist for analyzing microbial taxa, but consensus on best practices is lacking.
  • This ambiguity complicates method selection for researchers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To benchmark various statistical methods for analyzing microbiome data from dietary intervention trials.
  • To compare generic multivariate ANOVA (ASCA, FFMANOVA) with community analysis (PERMANOVA, SIMPER) and count data methods (ALDEx2, ANCOM, DESeq2).

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  • Comparison of statistical methods using simulated data.
  • Evaluation across five published dietary intervention trials with diverse designs.
  • Assessment of agreement in effect size and significance at community and OTU levels.

Main Results:

  • Methods analyzing community-level differences showed high agreement in effect size and statistical significance.
  • Methods identifying differentially abundant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) produced incongruent results.
  • Generic multivariate ANOVA tools demonstrated flexibility for multifactorial experiments and performed well in simulations.

Conclusions:

  • The choice of statistical method significantly impacts biological interpretations in microbiome research.
  • Generic multivariate ANOVA tools are suitable for analyzing microbiome data, offering both community and OTU-level insights.
  • These methods are recommended for multifactorial microbiome studies, including dietary interventions.