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    • Quantitative health impact assessment of chemical mixtures is a growing area in environmental and epidemiological studies.
    • A wide array of statistical methods exist, necessitating guidance for practitioners on selecting appropriate approaches for their research goals.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review and compare 11 analytical methods for environmental mixtures research.
    • To provide guidelines for selecting statistical methods based on specific inferential goals.
    • To develop an integrated R package, 'CompMix', for comprehensive mixtures analysis.

    Main Methods:

    • Conducted extensive simulation studies for continuous and binary outcomes to compare 11 analytical methods.
    • Classified methods into three groups: identifying important components, identifying interactions, and risk stratification/prediction.
    • Performed an illustrative data analysis using the PROTECT birth cohort.

    Main Results:

    • No single method demonstrated superior performance across all simulation settings; method choice depends on the analysis goal.
    • Elastic Net (Enet), Hierarchical Interactions (HierNet), and Selection of Nonlinear Interactions (SNIF) showed stable performance for identifying important toxicants and interactions.
    • Super Learner and HierNet exhibited superior predictive performance; Super Learner combined with Environmental Risk Scores improved risk stratification.

    Conclusions:

    • The study provides practical guidelines for selecting statistical methods in chemical mixtures research.
    • The developed 'CompMix' R package offers a user-friendly platform for implementing various mixtures analysis tasks.
    • Identified critical gaps in current methodologies, highlighting the need for further development of advanced statistical approaches.