ArticleJournal of oral biology and craniofacial research
Causal inference and directed acyclic graph: An epidemiological concept much needed for oral submucous fibrosis.
Article in Journal of oral biology and craniofacial research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Laser as a promising non-invasive technique to treat oral submucous fibrosis: A systematic review of the literature.The Saudi dental journal · 2021Review
- Medicinal management of oral submucous fibrosis in the past decade- A systematic review.Journal of oral biology and craniofacial researchArticle
- Evaluation of serum immunoglobulin (IgG, IgM, IgA) in potentially malignant disorders of oral cavity - A case control study.Journal of oral biology and craniofacial researchArticle
- Efficacy of lycopene in management of Oral Submucous Fibrosis- A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of oral biology and craniofacial researchReview
- Challenges in the Classification of Oral Submucous Fibrosis and Proposing a New Classification Based on Systematic Review of Literature.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryReview
- An Open Path to DAG: Navigating Causal Inference in Epidemiological Research.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF), although already established as an oral potentially malignant disorder (OPMD), still stands over a weak bridge because of its controversial pathogenesis. There has been tremendous work on this disease since 1962, surprisingly, we are unsuccessful in finding the exact causation of OSMF. The potential cause for this is either a lack of systematically performed clinical observational studies or over-interpreted inferences of the presented results. Accordingly, the literature is piled with complex data that is being followed by emerging researchers. Hence, this conceptual paper is presented to focus and explain only the epidemiological concepts of causal inference and the construction of DAGs. These concepts will help to encode our subject matter knowledge and assumptions regarding the causal structure problem, classify the source of systematic bias, identify the potential confounders, potential issues in the study design, and guide the data analysis.
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