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Path diagram for a multiple-mediator model with J mediators. T = exposure or treatment; Mj = mediator j, j = 1, …, J; Y = outcome; U = set of unobserved confounders of associations among mediators. T may exert indirect effects on Y through M1, M2, …, MJ, or affect Y directly.
