Pairwise measures of causal direction in the epidemiology of sleep problems and depression.

Depressive mood is often preceded by sleep problems, suggesting that they increase the risk of depression. Sleep problems can also reflect prodromal symptom of depression, thus temporal precedence alone is insufficient to confirm causality. The authors applied recently introduced statistical causal-...

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Main Authors: Tom Rosenström, Markus Jokela, Sampsa Puttonen, Mirka Hintsanen, Laura Pulkki-Råback, Jorma S Viikari, Olli T Raitakari, Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3511346?pdf=render