More (Adjustment) Is Not Always Better: How Directed Acyclic Graphs Can Help Researchers Decide Which Covariates to Include in Models for the Causal Relationship between an Exposure and an Outcome in Observational Research

TY - JOUR

T1 - More (Adjustment) Is Not Always Better

T2 - How Directed Acyclic Graphs Can Help Researchers Decide Which Covariates to Include in Models for the Causal Relationship between an Exposure and an Outcome in Observational Research

AU - Diemer, Elizabeth W.

AU - Hudson, James I.

AU - Javaras, Kristin N.

N1 - Funding Information: During the past 3 years, K.N. Javaras has received research grant support from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, an Eleanor and Miles Shore Harvard Medical School Fellowship, and a McLean Hospital Jonathan Edward Brooking Mental Health Research Scholar Award. She also owns stock in Sanofi and the Centene Corporation. J.I. Hudson has received consulting fees from Idorsia, PPD Development, Shire, and Sunovion and has research grant support from Boehringer Ingelheim, Idorsia, and Sunovion. E.W. Diemer has no conflict of interests to report. Funding Information: The work of K.N. Javaras on this project was supported by K23-DK120517 and the McLean Hospital Women’s Mental Health Innovation Fund. E.W. Diemer is supported by an innovation program under Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 721567. No funding source had any role in the design, collection, analysis, writing, or decision making of this study.

PY - 2021/8

Y1 - 2021/8

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85111639500&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1159/000517104

DO - 10.1159/000517104

M3 - Article

C2 - 34252900

AN - SCOPUS:85111639500

SN - 0033-3190

VL - 90

SP - 289

EP - 298

JO - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

JF - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

IS - 5

ER -