Titre : | From causal diagrams to birth weight-specific curves of infant mortality. (2008) |
Auteurs : | Sonia HERNANDEZ-DIAZ ; Miguel-A HERNAN ; SCHISTERMAN (Enrique-F) : USA. Epidemiology Branch. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. National Institutes of Health. Bethesda. MD. ; WILCOX (Allen-J) : USA. Epidemiology Branch. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Durham. NC. |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | European journal of epidemiology (vol. 23, n° 3, 2008) |
Pagination : | 163-166 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Facteur ; Poids naissance ; Nourrisson ; Mortalité ; Epidémiologie ; Homme |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS BR0xlrE7. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This report explores the low birth weight paradox using two graphical approaches : causal directed acyclic graphs (DAGs), and the empirical curves of the birth weight distribution and birth weight-specific mortality. The birth weight curves are able to represent the associations quantitatively, while the corresponding causal DAGs provide a set of plausible explanations for the findings. Taken together, these two approaches can facilitate discussion of underlying biological mechanisms. |