Measuring weak effects in high dimensional mediation analysis
Li, C.; Chen, L.; Pankow, J. S.; Yang, T.
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Existing mediation analysis methods have often fallen short in accurately quantifying the contribution of omics mediators, particularly those with weak effects. To address this issue, we propose two new variance-based causal measures for the global mediation effect. Then, we develop a flexible and computationally efficient estimation procedure based on a mixed-effects working model. Through this approach, we are able to accurately quantify the total mediation effect and discover the weak effects that are largely mis-estimated by existing methods. The proposed approach is general and complements the existing mediation analysis methodologies by offering new perspectives on the global and weak effects.
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