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Quantifying Causal Path-Specific Importance in Structural Causal Model

Computation, 2023
Path-specific effect analysis is a powerful tool in causal inference. This paper provides a definition of causal counterfactual path-specific importance score for the structural causal model (SCM). Different from existing path-specific effect definitions,
Xiaoxiao Wang, Minda Zhao, Fanyu Meng, Xin Liu, Zhaodan Kong, Xin Chen   +5 more
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Causal effect on a target population: A sensitivity analysis to handle missing covariates [PDF]

Journal of Causal Inference, 2021
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are often considered the gold standard for estimating causal effect, but they may lack external validity when the population eligible to the RCT is substantially different from the target population.
B. Colnet, J. Josse, G. Varoquaux, Erwan Scornet   +3 more
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No causal effect of school closures in Japan on the spread of COVID-19 in spring 2020

Nature Medicine, 2021
Among tool kits to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, school closures are one of the most frequent non-pharmaceutical interventions.
K. Fukumoto, C. T. McClean, Kuninori Nakagawa   +2 more
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Genome-wide Association Study of Estradiol Levels and the Causal Effect of Estradiol on Bone Mineral Density

medRxiv, 2021
Context. Estradiol is the primary female sex hormone and plays an important role for skeletal health in both sexes. Several enzymes are involved in estradiol metabolism but few genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been performed to characterize ...
D. Schmitz, W. Ek, Elin Berggren, Julia Höglund, T. Karlsson, Å. Johansson   +5 more
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Investigating the causal effects of smoking, sleep, and BMI on major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder: a univariable and multivariable two-sample Mendelian randomization study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
BackgroundMental disorders, characterized as products of biopsychosocial interactions, have emerged as a leading contributor to the worldwide rise in overall morbidity and disability rates.
Menglin He, Jian Zhou, Xuehan Li, Rurong Wang   +3 more
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Causal effect of COVID‐19 on Alzheimer's disease: A Mendelian randomization study

Journal of Medical Virology, 2022
It was reported that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection may cause brain size reduction and cognitive decline. Whether COVID‐19 may contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is not known.
A. Baranova, Hongbao Cao, Fuquan Zhang
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A cause–effect relationship between Graves’ disease and the gut microbiome contributes to the thyroid–gut axis: A bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
BackgroundAn association between Graves’ disease (GD) and the gut microbiome has been identified, but the causal effect between them remains unclear.MethodsBidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was used to detect the causal ...
Jiamin Cao, Nuo Wang, Yong Luo, Chen Ma, Zhuokun Chen, Changci Chenzhao, Feng Zhang, Xin Qi, Wei Xiong   +8 more
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Exploring the Causal Impact of Age and Nighttime Driving on Road Traffic Injuries among Elderly Drivers: A Bayesian LASSO Approach [PDF]

Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2023
Objective: To determine the causal relationship between aging and nighttime driving and the odds of injuryamong elderly drivers.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 5460 car accidents were investigated from 2015 to 2016.
Fatemeh Jahanjoo, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Seyyed Teymoor Hosseini, Mina Goletsani, Mahdi Rezaei, Kavous Shahsavari, Hamid Soori, Mohammad Jafarabadi   +7 more
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Causal relationships between COVID-19 and osteoporosis: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study in European population

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionThe causal relationship between Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and osteoporosis (OP) remains uncertain. We aimed to assess the effect of COVID-19 severity (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, COVID-19 ...
Kai Zhang, Wei Shi, Xinglong Zhang, Xinglong Zhang, Ran Pang, Xinyu Liang, Qian Xu, Chunlei Xu, Xin Wan, Wenhao Cui, Wenhao Cui, Dong Li, Zhaohui Jiang, Zhengxuan Liu, Hui Li, Huafeng Zhang, Zhijun Li   +16 more
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EFFECT OF FARMING TECHNOLOGIES INTENSIFICATION ON WHEAT YIELD IN THE DRY STEPPE OF SIBERIA: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON THE METHOD OF PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING

Siberian Journal of Life Sciences and Agriculture, 2022
The study examines the effect of crop production technology intensification on wheat yield under drought conditions. The causal effect of fertilizers and herbicides usage was quantified based on a dataset of reports from 196 farms located in the Kulunda ...
Kirill O. Tarasov, Elena V. Ponkina, Aliya B. Nugumanova   +2 more
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