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Attributing Effects To Interactions, Tyler J. Vanderweele, Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen
Attributing Effects To Interactions, Tyler J. Vanderweele, Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen
Harvard University Biostatistics Working Paper Series
A framework is presented which allows an investigator to estimate the portion of the effect of one exposure that is attributable to an interaction with a second exposure. We show that when the two exposures are independent, the total effect of one exposure can be decomposed into a conditional effect of that exposure and a component due to interaction. The decomposition applies on difference or ratio scales. We discuss how the components can be estimated using standard regression models, and how these components can be used to evaluate the proportion of the total effect of the primary exposure attributable to …