Bayesian Hierarchical Compositional Models for Analysing Longitudinal Abundance Data from Microbiome Studies

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Model estimation and prediction at family taxonomic level. Black points represent the data, the black line represents the expected value obtained with the proposed model, and dashed lines represent the value of . The vertical black line represents when the estimation of the model finishes and the prediction starts. (a) Female: the families of bacteria are, from left to right, o_bacteroidales;f_, other, f_erysipelotrichaceae, o_clostridiales;f_, f_lachnospiraceae, f_ruminococcaceae, f_veillonellaceae, f_desulfovibrionaceae, and f_bacteroidaceae. (b) Male: the families of bacteria are, from left to right, f_alcaligenaceae, f_bacteroidaceae, f_lachnospiraceae, f_porphyromonadaceae, other, f_rikenellaceae, f_ruminococcaceae, f_veillonellaceae, and f_prevotellaceae.

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