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. 2016 Dec 1;45(6):1915-1922.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw281.

Causation, mediation and explanation

Neil Pearce  1 , Jan P Vandenbroucke  2
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Causation, mediation and explanation

Neil Pearce et al. Int J Epidemiol. .
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Example of the introduction of collider bias when controlling for blood pressure (BP) to estimate its mediating effect on the association between smoking and coronary heart disease (CHD).
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