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Causal DAG — diet & cardiovascular risk

Diet effect on CV outcomes with BMI as mediator.

Template previewCausal DAG
Diet → CV riskDDiet qualityOCV eventBBMILLDL-CSSocioeconomic statusADJUST FORExposureOutcomeConfounderMediatorUnobservedIdentifiable — adjust for `Socioeconomic status`.Adjust for `Socioeconomic status` — a minimal sufficient set. Conditioning on it blocks every backdoor path from `Diet quality` to `CV event`, and no proper subse…

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title "Diet → CV risk"
exposure   D "Diet quality"
outcome    O "CV event"
mediator   B "BMI"
mediator   L "LDL-C"
confounder S "Socioeconomic status"

D -> B
D -> L
B -> O
L -> O
S -> D
S -> O