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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Inform. 2021 Mar 11;117:103719. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2021.103719

Table 7.

Discovery patterns for identifying different variable types.

Variable role Query Graph shape
outcome mechanisms XCAUSESINVAE AE ← outcome_mechanisms
Mediators drugCAUSESX; XCAUSESINVAE; drug → mediator → AE
drug → mediator → AE
Colliders drugCAUSESX; AECAUSESX; drug → collider ←AE
drug → collider ←AE