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    • Causal Inference
    • Data Science

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    • Life-course epidemiology analyzes disease development but relies on confirmatory, a priori statistical methods.
    • Existing methods limit causal inquiries to well-established hypotheses, potentially causing confirmation bias.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose an exploratory alternative to confirmatory methods in life-course epidemiology.
    • To introduce a novel algorithm that infers life-course models directly from observational data.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed an extension of the Peter-Clark (PC) algorithm, termed temporal PC.
    • Incorporated temporal information into causal discovery for observational data.
    • Applied the temporal PC algorithm to a dataset of 3,000 Danish men followed from birth to age 65.

    Main Results:

    • Inferred life-course models detailing the influence of socioeconomic and health factors on depression.
    • Demonstrated the algorithm's capability to uncover novel causal relationships.

    Conclusions:

    • The temporal PC algorithm complements traditional confirmatory approaches in epidemiology.
    • This method guides researchers in expanding their models and exploring new causal hypotheses in health research.