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What is a Causal Risk Factor? (AMA with Alan)

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The Role of Triglycerides in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

The causal relationship may be mediated in its strength of association by ancillary factors. Triglycerides when we measure triglycerides in the blood is a nonspecific measure of all triglycerides in circulation. The second example then is a reporter or systems biomarker or risk factor. And these are actually quite important because recall that I said that the causal relationship might be mediated in Its strength of association, by effect modifiers or effect mediators.

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