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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Epidemiol. 2015 Dec 18;31(1):41–49. doi: 10.1007/s10654-015-0111-9

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Causal diagrams [27] for several explanations for the association between colorectal cancer diagnosis and infective endocarditis (CRC: presence of colorectal cancer or precursor lesions; CRC*: diagnosis of colorectal cancer; IE: infective endocarditis, L: common causes of CRC and IE).