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Ilya Shpitser1, Tyler J VanderWeele

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This study clarifies identification assumptions for natural direct and indirect effects in mediation analysis using causal diagrams. It establishes the equivalence of two assumption sets and provides a graphical criterion for covariate adjustment.

Keywords:
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Area of Science:

  • Causal Inference
  • Statistical Modeling
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Mediation analysis decomposes total effects into direct and indirect components, crucial for understanding complex relationships.
  • Existing literature relies on various assumptions to identify these natural direct and indirect effects, particularly with interactions or non-linear models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship and interpretation of different identification assumptions in mediation analysis.
  • To establish a unified graphical criterion for identifying natural direct and indirect effects using covariate adjustment.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized causal diagrams, interpreted as non-parametric structural equations, to analyze identification assumptions.
  • Demonstrated the equivalence of two previously described sets of identification assumptions for causal diagrams.
  • Extended graphical criteria for total effect identification to natural direct and indirect effects.

Main Results:

  • Showed that two distinct sets of identification assumptions for mediation analysis are equivalent under causal diagrams.
  • Developed a complete graphical criterion for identifying natural direct and indirect effects via covariate adjustment.
  • Confirmed the equivalence of this graphical criterion with prior independence-based assumptions.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides a unified framework for understanding and applying identification assumptions in mediation analysis.
  • The proposed graphical criterion simplifies the process of identifying natural direct and indirect effects, enhancing causal inference.
  • This work bridges graphical and independence-based approaches to mediation analysis identification.