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  • Environmental Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Molecular Epidemiology

Background:

  • Traditional mediation analysis using mean regression may miss effects on extreme values.
  • Individuals with extreme biomarker levels are often more susceptible to environmental exposures.
  • Understanding effects on biomarker tails is crucial for public health.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and apply a novel mediation analysis framework using quantile regression.
  • To investigate the effects of air pollution on fibrinogen levels via interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) methylation.
  • To examine effects across the distribution of mediator and outcome variables.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized quantile regression within a causal inference framework.
  • Modeled direct and indirect effects of particle number on fibrinogen percentiles.
  • Incorporated exposure-mediator interactions and random intercepts for longitudinal data.
  • Applied methodology to environmental data linking particle number, IFN-γ methylation, and fibrinogen.

Main Results:

  • Found a direct effect of particle number on the upper tail of the fibrinogen distribution.
  • Observed a suggestive indirect effect of particle number on the upper fibrinogen tail through lower percentiles of IFN-γ methylation.
  • Demonstrated the utility of quantile regression for capturing tail-specific effects.

Conclusions:

  • Quantile regression provides a more sensitive approach to mediation analysis, especially for extreme values.
  • Air pollution may impact cardiovascular health through epigenetic modifications (IFN-γ methylation) and direct effects on fibrinogen.
  • This method enhances understanding of environmental health risks at the population level.