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Jing Cheng¹, Nancy F Cheng¹, Zijian Guo²

¹1 Division of Oral Epidemiology & Dental Public Health, University of California at San Francisco, CA, USA.

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Summary

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This study introduces a novel causal mediation analysis for count and zero-inflated data, crucial for understanding treatment mechanisms in various fields. The methods effectively identify direct and indirect effects, even with complex confounding factors.

Keywords:

Direct effect indirect effect post-treatment confounder sensitivity analysis sequential ignorability

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Biostatistics
Causal Inference
Health Services Research

Background:

Mediation analysis is vital for understanding treatment mechanisms.
Count and zero-inflated data are prevalent in biomedical and social sciences.
Existing methods may not adequately address complex confounding in nonlinear models.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a causal mediation analysis framework for count and zero-inflated data.
To define and identify direct, indirect, and total effects under nonlinear models with post-treatment confounders.
To provide methods for sensitivity analysis in mediation analysis.

Main Methods:

Utilizes the potential outcome framework for causal inference.
Defines direct, indirect, and total effects considering nonlinear models.
Develops identification strategies for effects in the presence of post-treatment confounders.
Includes proofs for sensitivity analysis and simulation studies.

Main Results:

Proposed methods effectively identify direct and indirect effects for count and zero-inflated data.
Simulation studies confirm the reliability and accuracy of the developed methods.
The approach is robust even with post-treatment confounders independent of or affected by treatment.

Conclusions:

The developed causal mediation analysis provides a robust framework for count and zero-inflated data.
The methods are applicable to real-world scenarios, demonstrated by the dental caries trial.
This work advances the understanding of treatment mechanisms in complex data settings.