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Biology — Sleep and Immune Function

Cytokines mediate; chronic stress confounds.

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Sleep and immune functionESleep durationOImmune functionCChronic stressADJUST FORMInflammatory cytokinesExposureOutcomeConfounderMediatorUnobservedIdentifiable — adjust for `Chronic stress`.Adjust for `Chronic stress` — a minimal sufficient set. Conditioning on it blocks every backdoor path from `Sleep duration` to `Immune function`, and no proper su…

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title "Sleep and immune function"
exposure E "Sleep duration"
outcome O "Immune function"
confounder C "Chronic stress"
mediator M "Inflammatory cytokines"
C -> E
C -> O
E -> M
M -> O
E -> O