A tutorial on a marginal structural modeling approach to mediation analysis in occupational health research: Investigating education, employment quality, and mortality.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23471
Abstract: Life expectancy inequities between more- and less-educated groups have grown by 1 to 2 years over the last several decades in the United States. Simultaneously, employment conditions for many workers have deteriorated. Researchers hypothesize that… read more here.
Keywords: occupational health; mediation analysis; mortality; employment ... See more keywords
New proposal to address mediation analysis interrogations by using genetic variants as instrumental variables
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DOI: 10.1002/gepi.22519
Abstract: The application of causal mediation analysis (CMA) considering the mediation effect of a third variable is increasing in epidemiological studies; however, this requires fitting strong assumptions on confounding bias. To address this limitation, we propose… read more here.
Keywords: equation models; mediation analysis; structural equation; mediation ... See more keywords
Mediation analysis for common binary outcomes.
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DOI: 10.1002/sim.7945
Abstract: Mediation analysis provides an attractive causal inference framework to decompose the total effect of an exposure on an outcome into natural direct effects and natural indirect effects acting through a mediator. For binary outcomes, mediation… read more here.
Keywords: mediation analysis; natural direct; binary outcomes; mediation ... See more keywords
Identification and robust estimation of swapped direct and indirect effects: Mediation analysis with unmeasured mediator‐outcome confounding and intermediate confounding
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DOI: 10.1002/sim.9501
Abstract: Counterfactual‐model‐based mediation analysis can yield substantial insight into the causal mechanism through the assessment of natural direct effects (NDEs) and natural indirect effects (NIEs). However, the assumptions regarding unmeasured mediator‐outcome confounding and intermediate mediator‐outcome confounding… read more here.
Keywords: mediation analysis; mediator; outcome confounding; mediator outcome ... See more keywords
A novel causal mediation analysis approach for zero‐inflated mediators
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DOI: 10.1002/sim.9689
Abstract: Mediation analyses play important roles in making causal inference in biomedical research to examine causal pathways that may be mediated by one or more intermediate variables (ie, mediators). Although mediation frameworks have been well established… read more here.
Keywords: mediation analysis; causal mediation; mediation; zero inflated ... See more keywords
Explaining intersectionality through description, counterfactual thinking, and mediation analysis
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DOI: 10.1007/s00127-017-1390-0
Abstract: I would like to thank Schwartz [1] for insightful questions about our paper [2] on whether and how quantitative approaches could be useful for understanding intersectionality, and I would also like to thank the Editor… read more here.
Keywords: mediation analysis; analysis; intersectionality; epidemiology ... See more keywords
Socioeconomic disparities in head and neck cancer survival in Germany: a causal mediation analysis using population-based cancer registry data
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DOI: 10.1007/s00432-021-03537-2
Abstract: Despite recent improvements in cancer treatment in Germany, a marked difference in cancer survival based on socioeconomic factors persists. We aim to quantify the effect of socioeconomic inequality on head and neck cancer (HNC) survival.… read more here.
Keywords: cancer; mediation analysis; survival; deprivation ... See more keywords
Causal Mediation Analysis Could Resolve Whether Training-Induced Increases in Muscle Strength are Mediated by Muscle Hypertrophy
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DOI: 10.1007/s40279-019-01131-8
Abstract: Resistance training increases muscle size (i.e., causes hypertrophy) and muscle strength, particularly in untrained individuals. Hypertrophy is widely believed to be one of the mechanisms (i.e., a mediator) by which resistance training increases strength. However,… read more here.
Keywords: strength; causal mediation; mediation analysis; training ... See more keywords
Fuzzy Moderation and Moderated-Mediation Analysis
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DOI: 10.1007/s40815-020-00848-3
Abstract: In the causal relationship, a mediator variable is a variable that causes mediation in the dependent and the independent variables. If x is a predictor and y is a response variable, then w is a… read more here.
Keywords: fuzzy moderation; mediation analysis; mediation; analysis ... See more keywords
Is education the mechanism through which family background affects economic outcomes? A generalised approach to mediation analysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2017.05.001
Abstract: We seek to quantify the role of education as a mechanism through which family background affects economic outcomes. To this end, we generalise mediation analysis to allow for multidimensional treatments. This improves the validity of… read more here.
Keywords: mediation analysis; family background; family; education ... See more keywords
The Association of Certain Seminal Phthalate Metabolites on Spermatozoa Apoptosis: An Exploratory Mediation Analysis via sperm protamine.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118969
Abstract: Earlier studies have suggested that exposure to phthalates (PAEs) may induce spermatozoa apoptosis. Sperm protamine as a molecular biomarker during spermatozoa apoptotic processes may mediate the association between PAE exposure and spermatozoa apoptosis. This study… read more here.
Keywords: spermatozoa apoptosis; sperm protamine; protamine; association ... See more keywords