Microbial Diversity in Clinical Microbiome Studies: Sample Size and Statistical Power Considerations

Gastroenterology. 2020 May;158(6):1524-1528. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.11.305. Epub 2020 Jan 10.

Authors

Climent Casals-Pascual¹, Antonio González², Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza², Se Jin Song², Lingjing Jiang², Rob Knight²

Affiliations

¹ Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain and, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
² University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.

PMID: 31930986
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.11.305

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacteria / genetics*
Bacteria / isolation & purification
Biomarkers / analysis
Feces / microbiology
Gastrointestinal Diseases / diagnosis*
Gastrointestinal Diseases / microbiology
Gastrointestinal Diseases / therapy
Gastrointestinal Microbiome / genetics*
Genetic Heterogeneity
Humans
Intestinal Mucosa / microbiology
Metagenomics / standards*
Observational Studies as Topic / standards
Phylogeny
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / standards
Sample Size
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Biomarkers