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Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 Objective: According to the 2020 data from the World Health Organization (WHO), cancers stand as one of the foremost contributors to global mortality. Revealing novel cancer risk factors and protective factors is of paramount importance in the prevention
Kai Cui +10 more
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Improving Causal Inference by Increasing Model Expressiveness
, 2021 The ability to learn and reason with causal knowledge is a key aspect of intelligent behavior. In contrast to mere statistical association, knowledge of causation enables reasoning about the effects of actions.
Jensen, David D.
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 BackgroundObservational studies have suggested that hearing impairment (HI) was associated with the risk of falls, but it remains unclear if this association is of causal nature.MethodsA two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study was conducted to ...
Jun Wang +8 more
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020 ObjectivePrior studies have shown that there is an inverse association between birth weight and stroke in adulthood; however, whether such association is causal remains yet known and those studies cannot distinguish between the direct fetal effect and ...
Ting Wang +10 more
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Determining directional dependency in causal associations [PDF]
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2012 Directional dependency is a method to determine the likely causal direction of effect between two variables. This article aims to critique and improve upon the use of directional dependency as a technique to infer causal associations.
Sunthud, Pornprasertmanit +1 more
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Fibrinogen and postpartum hemorrhage – Association or causality?
Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2017 Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide, accounting for one in four maternal deaths. Despite efforts in public health policy, the incidence of massive PPH has increased in recent years even in first world countries. In Colombia, PPH is the second leading cause of maternal death.
Rincón-Valenzuela, David A. +2 more
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British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2017 In any research study, variables may be associated due to either ‘cause and effect’ or alternative reasons that are not causal. While all causal relationships are associational, not all associational relationships are causal, that is, correlation does not equal causation.
Steven D Stovitz +2 more
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MR estimates of the causal association between HF and Kidney Function and CKD.
, 2023 MR estimates of the causal association between HF and Kidney Function and CKD.
Junyu Zhang (290066) +3 more
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Frontiers in NeurologyBackgroundAlthough observational studies have suggested a bidirectional relation between depression and intracranial aneurysms (IAs), their causal relations remain unclear.
Jujiang Wu +3 more
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Frontiers in OncologyBackgroundPrevious research has indicated that there may be a link between Crohn’s disease (CD) and breast cancer (BC), but the causality remains unclear.
Chengdong Yu +8 more
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