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Two examples of standard directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) (left) and two interaction DAGs (IDAGs) (right). The variable Y (a disease) is directly influenced by A (treatment), Q (smoking) and potentially also X (education). The DAG in panel A is compatible with the IDAG in panel C, whereas the DAG in panel B is compatible with either of the IDAGs in panels C and D
