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This study introduces a new method for mediation analysis when relationships are nonlinear, using fetal hormone data. The findings reveal negative indirect effects of pesticide exposure on birth weight, despite positive direct effects.

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  • Reproductive endocrinology
  • Environmental health
  • Biostatistics

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  • Mediation analysis commonly employs linear regression, which may not capture complex nonlinear relationships.
  • Understanding the impact of environmental factors like pesticide exposure on fetal development requires advanced analytical methods.

Approach:

  • Developed a novel shape-restricted inference methodology for mediation analysis with unknown nonlinear relationships.
  • Applied the method to analyze pesticide exposure, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and birth weight in a population-level prenatal screening dataset.

Key Points:

  • The methodology accommodates hypothesized nonlinear effects between mediators and outcomes.
  • Assumed a linear relationship between pesticide exposure and hCG, with linear confounding adjustments for exposure-mediator and exposure-outcome models.
  • Investigated the direct and indirect effects of pesticide exposure on birth weight mediated by hCG.

Conclusions:

  • The novel method provides a robust approach for mediation analysis in the presence of nonlinearities.
  • Natural direct effects indicated a positive association between pesticide application and birth weight.
  • Natural indirect effects demonstrated a negative association, highlighting the complex role of hCG in mediating pesticide effects on fetal development.