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Causal DAG — medication & fall risk

Polypharmacy effect on falls in the elderly.

Template previewCausal DAG
Polypharmacy → FallsMPolypharmacyFFallAAgeADJUST FORCComorbidityADJUST FORDDizzinessBBlood pressure ↓ExposureOutcomeConfounderMediatorUnobservedIdentifiable — adjust for `Age` + `Comorbidity`.Adjust for `Age` + `Comorbidity` — a minimal sufficient set. Conditioning on those blocks every backdoor path from `Polypharmacy` to `Fall`, and no proper subset …

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title "Polypharmacy → Falls"
exposure   M "Polypharmacy"
outcome    F "Fall"
confounder A "Age"
confounder C "Comorbidity"
mediator   D "Dizziness"
mediator   B "Blood pressure ↓"

M -> D
M -> B
D -> F
B -> F
A -> M
A -> F
C -> M
C -> F