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Although past studies have shown that extended periods of wakefulness cause changes in gene expression (for review see [ 15 ] ), no causal relationship between changes in gene expression and sleep homeostasis has been identified.
Because asthma severity could act as a causal intermediate between a risk factor and the risk of hospitalization, we repeated the multivariate analysis excluding asthma severity and generic health status from the model (Table 3).
Several studies then sought to determine whether elevated homocysteine levels were a cause or effect of cardiovascular disease, and evidence for a causal relationship is accumulating.
EPA acknowledges these uncertainties; however, for this analysis, we assume a causal relationship between exposure to elevated PM and premature mortality, based on the consistent evidence of a correlation between PM and mortality reported in the scientific literature.
This is consistent with a causal model where geographic pattern in lung cancer is determined, at least in part, by geographic pattern in the overall predicted risk due to air toxics.