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. 2017 Oct 26;19(4):514–528. doi: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxx054

Table 1.

Counterfactual definitions of causal mediation effects and the corresponding regression-based estimands obtained from the simple mediation model

Causal mediation effects The simple mediation model
Causal effect Potential outcome Regression estimand
CDE(Inline graphic) Inline graphic Inline graphic
NDE(Inline graphic) Inline graphic Inline graphic
TE(Inline graphic) Inline graphic Inline graphic
NIE(Inline graphic) Inline graphic Inline graphic
PE(Inline graphic) Inline graphic Inline graphic