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  • Statistics
  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Third-variable effects are crucial for understanding indirect influences in statistical models.
  • Differentiating individual indirect effects from multiple third-variables, especially in hierarchical data, presents a significant challenge.
  • Existing methods struggle with complex, multilevel structures and nonlinear relationships.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend the definition and analysis of third-variable effects to multilevel data structures.
  • To develop a method capable of simultaneously considering multiple third-variables at different hierarchical levels.
  • To provide a practical tool (R package mlma) for implementing multilevel third-variable analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Adaptation of multilevel additive models to analyze variable relationships within hierarchical data.
  • Estimation of third-variable effects at various levels of the data structure.
  • Inclusion of variable transformations to accommodate nonlinear relationships.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method effectively differentiates and estimates third-variable effects across different data levels.
  • Simulations confirm the accuracy and efficacy of the multilevel approach.
  • The method was successfully applied to analyze racial disparities in body mass index, considering environmental and individual factors.

Conclusions:

  • The developed multilevel third-variable analysis provides a robust framework for complex data.
  • The mlma R package facilitates the application of these advanced statistical techniques.
  • This approach offers valuable insights into the mechanisms underlying health disparities and other complex phenomena.