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Biology — Confounder vs Mediator

Adjust for confounders, not for mediators.

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Confounder vs mediatorXExposureYOutcomeCConfounder (adjust)ADJUST FORMMediator (do not adjust)ExposureOutcomeConfounderMediatorUnobservedIdentifiable — adjust for `Confounder (adjust)`.Adjust for `Confounder (adjust)` — a minimal sufficient set. Conditioning on it blocks every backdoor path from `Exposure` to `Outcome`, and no proper subset of i…

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title "Confounder vs mediator"
exposure X "Exposure"
outcome Y "Outcome"
confounder C "Confounder (adjust)"
mediator M "Mediator (do not adjust)"
C -> X
C -> Y
X -> M
M -> Y
X -> Y