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Activity Number: 168 - Causal Inference
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, July 30, 2018 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Biometrics Section
Abstract #330423 Presentation
Title: Nonparametric Mediation Analysis for Investigating the ROle of Microbiome Health
Author(s): Kyle Carter* and Meng Lu and Lingling An
Companies: University of Arizona and University of Arizona and University of Arizona
Keywords: Metagenomics; Mediation Analysis; Integrative Analysis; High Dimensional; Information Theory
Abstract:

The human body maintains a close symbiotic relationship with the trillions of microorganisms that live upon and within it. Host gene expression in cooperation with the microbiome has been discovered to play a critical role in disease progression and response. In particular, changes in host gene expression may have a marked impact on the species diversity and abundance. Integration of gene expression and microbiome data can be achieved through mediation modeling. Structural equation modeling has been a popular causal framework, however it maintains strong assumptions about the distribution and association of parameters. We propose a nonparametric approach for selecting significant mediating species for models with high dimensional exposures and mediators. Simulation studies show improved performance compared to traditional mediation methods.


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