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A maximum-type microbial differential abundance test with application to high-dimensional microbiome data analyses.

Zhengbang Li1, Xiaochen Yu1, Hongping Guo2

  • 1School of Mathematics and Statistics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China.

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We developed a new statistical test, MECAF, to accurately detect differences in microbiome composition between disease and treatment conditions. This method enhances the analysis of high-throughput microbiome data for improved clinical diagnosis and treatment strategies.

Keywords:
differential abundance analysishigh-dimensional compositionalmicrobiome datarelative abundancessparse alternatives

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Area of Science:

  • Microbiology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational Biology

Background:

  • High-throughput metagenomic sequencing offers advantages for pathogen detection and infectious disease management.
  • Accurately identifying microbiome profile differences between conditions is computationally challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel statistical test for detecting differences in high-dimensional microbiome abundance data.
  • To provide a computationally efficient and widely applicable method for microbiome analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a novel test based on centered log-ratio transformation of microbiome compositions.
  • Derived a closed-form solution for calculating the test p-value from the asymptotic null distribution.
  • Investigated asymptotic statistical power against sparse alternatives.

Main Results:

  • The proposed Maximum-type Equal-Covariance-Assumption-Free (MECAF) test is widely applicable.
  • MECAF demonstrated superior statistical power compared to existing methods in simulations.
  • Type I error rates were well-controlled under various scenarios, validated by real microbiome data analyses.

Conclusions:

  • MECAF is a flexible and statistically efficient differential abundance test for high-throughput microbiome data.
  • The method facilitates the discovery of microbiome shifts related to disease and treatment.
  • This advancement aids in broadening the understanding of disease mechanisms and improving clinical outcomes.