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    • Epidemiology
    • Longitudinal Data Analysis

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    • Mediation analysis decomposes total effects into direct and indirect pathways.
    • Longitudinal mediator data offers finer process capture but introduces time-varying confounding.
    • Standard methods like GEE struggle with post-treatment confounding in longitudinal mediation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop novel methods for mediation analysis using longitudinal mediator and outcome data.
    • To address challenges posed by time-varying confounding in longitudinal mediation.
    • To introduce natural effect models for effect decomposition in complex longitudinal settings.

    Main Methods:

    • Introduction of natural effect models to parameterize direct and indirect effects.
    • Generalization of marginal structural mean models for effect decomposition.
    • Application of inverse probability weighting to adjust for measured time-varying confounding.
    • Utilizing data from the Millennium Cohort Study for methodology validation.

    Main Results:

    • Natural effect models successfully parameterize direct and indirect effects with longitudinal mediators.
    • Inverse probability weighting effectively adjusts for time-varying confounding in mediator-outcome associations.
    • The methodology is demonstrated on a real-world longitudinal cohort study.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed natural effect models and inverse probability weighting provide a robust framework for longitudinal mediation analysis.
    • This approach enables accurate decomposition of exposure effects in the presence of complex confounding.
    • The methods are applicable to observational longitudinal studies, enhancing causal inference capabilities.