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  • Statistical modeling
  • Bioinformatics

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  • Mediation analysis is crucial for understanding causal pathways in microbiome research.
  • Existing software often has rigid assumptions, limiting accessibility and interpretability.
  • Complementary data in microbiome studies require flexible analysis to understand treatment effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the multimedia R package for accessible and adaptable mediation analysis in microbiome research.
  • To provide a user-friendly interface for advanced statistical techniques in causal inference.
  • To enable precise and causally informed microbiome engineering through flexible modeling.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the multimedia R package in R.
  • Implementation of modules for various modeling techniques (regularized linear, compositional, random forest, hierarchical, hurdle).
  • Integration of direct/indirect effect estimation, synthetic null hypothesis testing, bootstrap confidence intervals, and sensitivity analysis.
  • Application of the package to case studies involving Inflammatory Bowel Disease and mindfulness practice.

Main Results:

  • The multimedia package offers a uniform interface for complex mediation analyses.
  • Case studies demonstrated the package's ability to uncover novel mechanistic interactions in microbiome data.
  • Analysis revealed microbiome shifts related to depression not solely explained by diet or sleep.

Conclusions:

  • The multimedia R package democratizes advanced mediation analysis for microbiome researchers.
  • It facilitates a deeper understanding of causal relationships between microbiome, treatments, and outcomes.
  • The package supports more precise and effective microbiome engineering strategies.