Fig. 1: Directed acylic graph of assumed causal relationships. | International Journal of Obesity

Fig. 1: Directed acylic graph of assumed causal relationships.

From: Cord blood metabolites and rapid postnatal growth as multiple mediators in the prenatal propensity to childhood overweight

Fig. 1

The simplified directed acyclic graph displays the hypothetical causal relationships linking prenatal exposure (E), cord blood metabolites (M1), rapid postnatal growth (M2) and childhood overweight (Y). NDE: natural direct effect; NIE: natural indirect effect; NIEM1: natural indirect effect through M1; NIEM2: natural indirect effect through M2. For simplicity, confounders of the E-Y, E-M1, E-M2, M1-M2, M1-Y, M2-Y associations were not shown.

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