R`E+pc.x}NN% FEk0S476Y0'e`_=^4599hb0cv+Q_V(L We also find low sensitivity to the counterfactual correlation in most scenarios. Traditional approaches to mediation in the biomedical and social sciences are described. /Filter /FlateDecode In mediation analysis, a counterfactual framework is also used to define an additional meaningful effect, the controlled direct effect (Box 1). As a consequence, there are as many controlled direct effects as there are levels of the mediator. xP( xing exposure and mediator to a prede ned value (controlled), or xing the exposure to a prede ned So, in studying the causal effect of smoking on cardiac arrest, where does this DAG leave us? a) Causal structure: L is affected by an exposure (A) and is also a mediator (M)-outcome (Y) confounder. CMAverse provides a suite of functions for reproducible causal mediation analysis including DAG visualization, statistical modeling and sensitivity analysis. 42 0 obj Forks and chains are two of the three main types of paths: An inverted fork is when two arrowheads meet at a node, which well discuss shortly. Abstract. H' :Tevai(B1:8PVm\>Pvd\jvV&EpJj Wf%uXJq9n#2WA4t8yW# 5dkG{t3\N(>0(Ar`;6t}'DHhP01va!f>"^AygY%ap1Fs`^4km]Gsx !^@,{ 34 0 obj More complicated DAGs will produce more complicated adjustment sets; assuming your DAG is correct, any given set will theoretically close the back-door path between the outcome and exposure. According to the traditional approach to mediation analysis, the direct effect is estimated by conditioning on the mediator M. In the hypothetical data reported in Table 1 there is a total risk difference for the exposure of 4.8%, which decreases to 2.3%, after adjustment for the mediator M, thus indicating the presence of a direct effect. Including a variable that doesnt actually represent the node well will lead to residual confounding. /BBox [0 0 5669.291 8] The following shows the basic steps for mediation analysis suggested by Baron & Kenny (1986). We only want to know the directed path from smoking to cardiac arrest, but there also exists an indirect, or back-door, path. Mediation analysis is common in epidemiology; it aims to disentangle the effect of an exposure on an outcome explained (indirect effect) or unexplained (direct effect) by a given set of mediators. We want X to affect M. If X and M have no relationship, M is just a third variable that may or may not be associated with Y. Livingston E.H., & Lewis R.J.(Eds.),Eds. endstream 2011, The International Biometric Society. What about controlling for multiple variables along the back-door path, or a variable that isnt along any back-door path? 8600 Rockville Pike Motivating example Causal mediation analysis Mediation analysis in Stata Further remarks References Decomposition for dichotomous outcomes Naturaldirecte ect ORNDE 0 = P(Y 1M0 = 1)=P(Y 1M0 = 0) P(Y 0M0 = 1)=P(Y 0M0 = 0) Naturalindirecte ect ORNIE 1 = P(Y 1M 1 = 1)=P(Y 1M = 0) P(Y Selection bias, missing data, and publication bias can all be thought of as collider-stratification bias. /BBox [0 0 6.048 6.048] 0*dI For example, there is a great deal of interest in understanding the role of SES inequalities in morbidity and mortality, and whether the effects of this variable remain after taking into account well known risk factors.16 In these studies, the direct effect is often fairly small, as typically mostbut not allof the association between SES and the disease under study can be explained. /Resources 39 0 R Therefore, it is always important to assess how the results obtained from any mediation analysis could be affected by the possible unmeasured/residual mediator-outcome confounding, the main question being whether this source of bias could explain away the estimated direct effect.10. However, development of multimediator models for survival outcomes is still limited. Insights into the Cross-world Independence Assumption of Causal Mediation Analysis. We assumed a simplified scenario in which, after cancer is diagnosed, SES has an impact on mortality only through the type and quality of treatment received by the patients. (2014), the inverse odd-ratio weighting approach by Tchetgen Tchetgen (2013), the natural effect model by Vansteelandt et al. A mediator-outcome confounder (say family history of lung cancer, assuming that is not itself affected by socioeconomic status) with, for example, a relative risk () for lung cancer of 2.5, a prevalence of 20% among non-smokers with low SES and a prevalence of 5% among non-smokers with high SES, could entirely explain a direct effect of 1.2 among non-smokers. The goal of mediation analysis is to assess direct and indirect effects of a treatment or exposure on an outcome. April 18, 2016 (published) The paper is organized as follows: we will first discuss mediator-outcome confounding using the aforementioned conventional definition of direct effects (i.e. Pairwise mediation analysis. nations of the same causal effects. Let us consider a hypothetical study aiming to assess to what extent the effect of smoking on CHD is mediated by atherosclerosis.28 A number of variables, including blood pressure, affect both atherosclerosis and the risk of CHD, and are also affected by smoking (Figure 2b). eCollection 2021. For those unfamiliar with DAG language,9 consider that M in Figure 1 is caused by A and U, both of which are sufficient causes of M. In this case, collider bias arises because in the stratum M = 1 (e.g. << This post will show examples using R, but you can use any statistical software. 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A mediation analysis is comprised of three sets of regression: X Y, X M, and X + M Y. Summary The goal of mediation analysis is to assess direct and indirect effects of a treatment or exposure on an outcome. /Resources 52 0 R A consulting project I worked on a few years ago offers what I think is a splendid example of mediation. We provide a sensitivity analysis to assess the impact of this assumption. /Subtype /Form The natural direct effect is the key quantity that answers this question, but its estimate depends on the aspirin use in absence of the exposure in that population. Traditionally, however, the bulk of mediation analysis has been conducted within the confines of linear regression . To do so, there are two main approaches: the Sobel test (Sobel, 1982) and bootstrapping (Preacher & Hayes, 2004). Tingley, D., Yamamoto, T., Hirose, K., Keele, L., & Imai, K. (2014). The mediation analysis represents one of my core analytical methods applied in this thesis. o._.YU1X*aiXU7o b) Hypothetical example of a study of smoking, atherosclerosis and risk of coronary heart disease. In the simple diagram below we examine the total effect of exposure on outcome. The traditional approach to mediation analysis consists of comparing two regression models, one with and one without conditioning on the mediator. We thus define the population causal effect as the average of the individual causal effects, i.e. It is thus fundamental to understand when, and to what extent, bias hampers the possibility to use and interpret traditional mediation analyses. the difference between the value of the counterfactual outcome if the individual were exposed to A = a and the value of the counterfactual outcome if the same individual were instead exposed to A = a*, with the mediator assuming whatever value it would have taken at the reference value of the exposure A = a* (Box 1). The above are all DAGs because they are acyclic, but this is not: ggdag is more specifically concerned with structural causal models (SCMs): DAGs that portray causal assumptions about a set of variables. Row 7 (path a) shows the results from Figure 3. << Otherwise, including extra variables may be problematic. Bommae Kim 49 0 obj Note that the Total Effect in the summary (0.3961) is \(b_{1}\) in the first step: a total effect of X on Y (without M). Step 1: X Y X Y. Lets say previous studies have suggested that higher grades predict higher happiness: X (grades) Y (happiness). Judea Pearl, who developed much of the theory of causal graphs, said that confounding is like water in a pipe: it flows freely in open pathways, and we need to block it somewhere along the way. Effect of adjusting for a mediator (M) on the estimate of an exposure (A)-outcome (Y) association in the presence of a mediator-outcome confounder (U). << Throughout the paper, if not otherwise specified, we will not consider issues of random variation, unmeasured exposure-outcome confounders or measurement errors. The Number of Monthly Night Shift Days and Depression Were Associated with an Increased Risk of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Emergency Physicians in South Korea. Some DAGs, like the first one in this vignette (x -> y), have no back-door paths to close, so the minimally sufficient adjustment set is empty (sometimes written as {}). Mediation models with multiple mediators have been proposed for continuous and dichotomous outcomes. Assuming that the unmeasured confounder U is not itself affected by the exposure A, the bias-corrected direct effect estimate can be obtained by dividing the risks ratio adjusted for the mediator by the bias factor B obtained from different scenarios of values for the parameters , a,m and a*,m. For example, in a recent study on the association between ethnicity (Maori women vs women of European origin) and late stage at diagnosis of cervical cancer in New Zealand, it was found that most of the total effect of Maori ethnicity on late stage at diagnosis (OR: 2.71) did not change much after adjustment for screening practices (direct effect OR: 2.39).15 The study concluded that ethnicity-related differences in stage at diagnosis of cervical cancer in New Zealand could not be explained by ethnic-related differences in screening attendance. y . /Filter /FlateDecode Preprint. Stat Med. A trivial example would be a non-differential misclassification of a binary mediator so large as to obscure the presence of any indirect effect. Mediation Analysis with R. In this project, you will learn to perform mediation analysis in RStudio. /Filter /FlateDecode How can we estimate these effects? If the presence of any of these two associations is more an issue of theoretical discussion rather than a real threat to the analysis, more advanced methods to deal with intermediate confounding will produce estimates similar to standard methods. E(Ya -Ya*). Estimated total, natural direct, and natural indirect effects for each pair of toxicants and mediators are presented for models of overall preterm birth (Supplementary . Summary The goal of mediation analysis is to assess direct and indirect effects of a treatment or exposure on an outcome. (2014), the weighting-based approach by VanderWeele et al. (2013) <doi: 10.1037/a0031034> and VanderWeele et al. Bethesda, MD 20894, Web Policies There are two approaches for conducting causal mediation analysis. Example of mediation. << Conversely, controlled direct effect, when the aspirin intake is set to be 0, would be the same in the two populations. 36 0 obj (This research example is made up for illustration purposes. /Filter /FlateDecode As you can see, the p-value is 0.05 therefore the total effect is significant ( 0.000). Does DNA methylation mediate the association of age at puberty with forced vital capacity or forced expiratory volume in 1 s? Adjustment for blood pressure in traditional regression models would bias the estimate of the direct effect by blocking the effect of smoking on CHD acting through blood pressure, but not atherosclerosis (i.e. Disclaimer, National Library of Medicine In mediation analysis, lack of mediator-outcome confounding is also necessary. Lets say we also assume that weight causes cholesterol to rise and thus increases risk of cardiac arrest. We present a new type of DAGthe interaction DAG (IDAG)which can be used to analyse interactions. /Matrix [1 0 0 1 0 0] There are also common ways of describing the relationships between nodes: parents, children, ancestors, descendants, and neighbors (there are a few others, as well, but they refer to less common relationships). Figure 4 - Mediation Analysis. endstream On the contrary, if, as in our example, both associations are likely to play an important role, traditional analyses will not provide the correct answers. 2022 Feb 28;8(1):00476-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00476-2021. In this paper, we review and discuss the impact of the three main sources of potential bias in the traditional approach to mediation analyses: (i) mediator-outcome confounding;(ii) exposure-mediator interaction and (iii) mediator-outcome confounding affected by the exposure. Researchers may hypothesize that some or all of the total effect of exposure on an outcome operates through a mediator, which is an effect of the exposure and a cause of the outcome. 5.1 Moderation in linear models. Now, imagine that the producer of the drug manages to eliminate headache as a side effect, and would like to know what the effect of the drug will be in the population, knowing that use of the drug will no longer be a cause of aspirin intake. official website and that any information you provide is encrypted In this paper, we reviewed some of the most basic problems that can arise in mediation analysis, the concepts and the methods that have been developed to tackle them, and provided some examples. There are situations, like when the outcome is rare in the population (the so-called rare disease assumption), or when using sophisticated sampling techniques, like incidence-density sampling, when they approximate the risk ratio. If we assume there is no interaction between SES and stage at diagnosis, it implies that SES inequalities in mortality are the same irrespective of the stage at diagnosis (even if, for example, low SES is associated with later stage at diagnosis), whereas presence of an interaction would imply that the stage at diagnosis may increase or decrease the effect of SES on mortality. stream |0~: i7Jh/7$Ju:wq8Imm8@8LWoFW 'c'mP0J)Lj^M1hl&o!Y,Wij.JhQp&JoDV ({?SIg{7:HF%|: $qb( B-{M>?^tmgY`D*0a0ihHQv3|bM6LhZO$p+mmv6+ ?hG2N*"o1_z%YKM In epidemiological studies, the proportion of the total effect explained by the mediator is typically obtained by the ratio of the unadjusted to the adjusted relative risks, and the percent excess risk explained by the mediator is obtained by a ratio where the numerator includes the difference between the unadjusted (total effect) and the adjusted (direct effect) relative risks, and the denominator includes the unadjusted excess risk (total effect).3,4 For example, if a study found a total effect of low vs high socioeconomic status (SES) on lung cancer risk equal to a relative risk of 2.3 and, after adjustment for smoking, the relative risk decreased to 1.2, the percent excess risk of SES on lung cancer risk explained by the smoking would be 85% [(2.3-1.2)/(2.3-1)*100]. That is to say, we dont need to account for m to assess for the causal effect of x on y; the back-door path is already blocked by m. Lets consider an example. in the stratum of people with hypertension), if U were not present, A should be present in order to have hypertension. For the dental data. a weighted average between constant values gives the same result irrespectively of the weights). (2012), the marginal structural model by . Potential Outcomes Stanford GSB (May 21, 2016) 5 / 14 << The causal structure depicted in Figure 2 has been discussed in depth, first in scenarios of time-dependent exposures and confounders, and then in the framework of mediation analyses.30 Statistical approaches, such as inverse probability weighting30,31 and g-computation,32 which are both based on the counterfactual framework, are generally able to adjust for the confounding effect of L without blocking the corresponding direct path from the exposure A to the outcome Y, and to estimate controlled direct effects, as well as, under stronger assumptions, natural direct and indirect effects.5,22,27,33 Briefly, these methods model the expected potential outcome under exposure A = a and the mediator M = m, E(Ya,m): the inverse probability weighting by regressing the outcome on the exposure and the mediator and by controlling for potential confounders by re-weighting the population instead of introducing them in the regression model; the g-computation by an extension of the standardization using Monte Carlo simulations.34. The total effect describes the total effect that the independent variable (iv) sepal length has on the dependent variable (dv) likelihood to be pollinated by a bee.Basically, we want to understand whether there is a relationship between the two variables. MacKinnon, D. P., Cheong, J., Pirlott, A. G.. Even if those variables are not colliders or mediators, it can still cause a problem, depending on your model. c@]7t/DN !! Note that slightly different ways to decompose the total effect into direct and indirect effects have been proposed.5,25. 2. To further explore this concept, let us assume now that the drug does not work when taken without aspirin. In: Livingston EH, Lewis RJ. However, this chain is indirect, at least as far as the relationship between smoking and cardiac arrest goes. BMC Med Res Methodol. Rino Bellocco was partially funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR), PRIN 2009 X8YCBN. 2022 Jul 29:2022.07.27.22278118. doi: 10.1101/2022.07.27.22278118. vc)l'U`tcg:D(&r39mD Typically, we desire answers of the form "the treatment affects a causally intermediate variable, which in turn affects the outcome." . We open a biasing pathway between the two, and they become d-connected: This can be counter-intuitive at first. /Matrix [1 0 0 1 0 0] The fact that the estimates of direct effect vary across different levels of the mediator implies that the exposure A and the mediator M interact in explaining the outcome. Rijnhart JJM, Lamp SJ, Valente MJ, MacKinnon DP, Twisk JWR, Heymans MW. This approach offers the most flexibility and allows the researcher to deal with mediation in the presence of multiple measures, mediated moderation, and moderated mediation, among other variations on the mediation . In the recent literature on mediation analysis, the so-called low birthweight paradox, i.e. and transmitted securely. /FormType 1 We provide examples and discuss the impact these sources have in terms of bias. Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! stream /Resources 37 0 R >> /Filter /FlateDecode (?YqVdWY`0Z$.W[~,-*+('r _~%Wh/yA K Ln*1@a~|`v#X,&>Fb05Y1gE:o Z3@ RLndEC2+41eC`Z.Xs\oQ[$PQ2CyX T"x'S9Nb%,V[at,KMF5X*}l!qaFQP3,*E Obviously, aspirin may be taken in the population for reasons other than the drug-induced headache. Parents and children refer to direct relationships; descendants and ancestors can be anywhere along the path to or from a node, respectively. stream >> mediation() is a summary function, especially for mediation analysis, i.e. McGraw Hill; 2019. The concept of mediation has been used in social science and psychology literature for many decades (e.g., Rucker et al. Research on methods for mediation analysis is a fast growing field in epidemiology and biostatistics. Risk factors among Black and White COVID-19 patients from a Louisiana Hospital System, March, 2020 - August, 2021. Traditional approaches to estimate the direct effect, based on simply adjusting for the mediator in a standard regression setting, may produce invalid results. A friendly start is his recently released. /Filter /FlateDecode In some fields, confounding is referred to as omitted variable bias or selection bias. xP( 2,3 Mediators are . In the terminology used by Pearl, they are already d-separated (direction separated), because there is no effect on one by the other, nor are there any back-door paths: However, if we control for fever, they become associated within strata of the collider, fever. Stat Med. Statistical Consulting Associate Therefore, in this example, for a given level of M, A and U are inversely associated even if they are marginally independent. The assessment of mediation can be the main aim of the study, whereas often the goal is to estimate the total effect, though exploratory mediation analyses are also conducted. Beyond being useful conceptions of the problem were working on (which they are), this also allows us to lean on the well-developed links between graphical causal paths and statistical associations. JavaScript must be enabled in order for you to use our website. To assess the amount of bias that traditional analyses could introduce in the presence of intermediate confounding, the strengths of the associations between the exposure and the mediator-outcome confounder L and between L and the outcome (in our example it would be between smoking and blood pressure and between blood pressure and CHD) should be evaluated. We dont necessarily need to block the water at multiple points along the same back-door path, although we may have to block more than one path. G-computation demonstration in causal mediation analysis. Also, we can add more variables and relationships, for example, moderated mediation or mediated moderation. Is \(b_{2}\) significant? High-Dimensional Mediation Analysis With Confounders in Survival Models. To sum up, heres a flowchart for mediation analysis! Press the OK button to proceed with the linear regression between X and Y. /Length 15 In sensitivity analyses, it has been shown that sensible assumptions regarding the magnitudes of the associations involved could explain away this apparent association.20, Obviously, the collider bias is not the only source of bias affecting mediation analysis although it is probably the most largely overlooked source in past mediation analyses. /Length 1684 The following shows the basic steps for mediation analysis suggested by Baron & Kenny (1986). Behav Sci (Basel). the path smoking blood pressure CHD). Therefore, the effect Y = y could not have happened without X = x. x1 x2 ), then the model with y as dependent variable can be specified in formula form as. More generally, we may be interested in the context of a causal model as characterized by a directed acyclic graph (DAG), where mediation via a specific path from exposure to outcome may involve an arbitrary number of links (or "stages"). We define pathway effects using a potential outcomes framework and present a general formula that provides the effect of exposure through any specified pathway. Directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) have come to be a core tool in the background-knowledge approach as they allow researchers to present assumed relationships between variables graphically and, based on these assumptions, to identify variables to adjust for confounding and other biases [ 1 - 3 ]. /Type /XObject A quick note on terminology: I use the terms confounding and selection bias below, the terms of choice in epidemiology. # Download data online. The same applies when the relationship between the exposure and the mediator is not linear, but here we will not discuss this case further. This video provides a conceptual overview of mediation analysis, including different methods for estimating indirect effects using the Sobel test and percent. Obviously, as these are potential outcomes under alternative exposure levels, it is not possible to observe both Ya and Ya* in the same individual: only one of the two would be factual. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or purchase an annual subscription. 2015 Oct;30(10):1119-27. doi: 10.1007/s10654-015-0100-z. Lee H, & Herbert R.D., & McAuley J.H. /BBox [0 0 16 16] Mediation analyses have been a popular approach to investigate the effect of an exposure on an outcome through a mediator. /Length 1521 Finally, we introduce the third potential source of bias. If you have a fever, but you dont have the flu, I now have more evidence that you have chicken pox. Step #1: The total effect. Estimation of causal mediation effects for a dichotomous outcome in multiple-mediator models using the mediation formula. 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