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. 2018 Feb 16;28(5):1347–1364. doi: 10.1177/0962280218756158

Table 4.

For the scenario depicted in Figure 3(a), the standard regression model y^S(i) necessary for estimating the total causal effect of each exposure xi on y, and the corresponding UR model y^UR(i), for 1ik.

Standard regression model y^S(i) UR model y^UR(i)
i=1: α^0(1)+α^m1(1)m1+α^x1(1)x1 λ^0(1)+λ^m1(1)m1+λ^x1(1)x1
i=2: α^0(2)+α^m1(2)m1+α^x1(2)x1+γ^m2(2)m2+α^x2(2)x2 λ^0(2)+λ^m1(2)m1+λ^x1(2)x1+λ^em2(2)em2+λ^ex2(2)ex2
i=k: α^0(k)+α^m1(k)m1+α^x1(k)x1+α^m2(k)m2+α^x2(k)x2++α^mk(k)mk+α^xk(k)xk λ^0(k)+λ^m1(k)m1+λ^x1(k)x1+λ^em2(k)em2+λ^ex2(k)ex2++λ^emk(k)emk+λ^exk(k)exk