Epidemiology

• NEW D. Mao, S. Zhao, J. Lu.  A digital marker for stratifying cardiovascular metabolic comorbidities among the middle-aged and elderly adults. PLOS Digital Health, 5(7): e0001528, 2026.
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• NEW T. Asano, N. Itoh, T. Ikenoue, R. Okochi, T. Ii, S. Hirano. Key factors for successful gait acquisition in individuals with severe hemiplegic subacute stroke using a single-legged gait-training assistance robot: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 23: 152, 2026.
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• NEW K. Benabderrahim, M. Tarhouni, S. Zidi, N. Bennaji. GRACA: hybrid variational graph autoencoder combined with causal inference for interpretable clinical decision-making. International Journal of Data Science and Analytics , 22: 233, 2026.
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• NEW S. Kakhaia, L. Portengen, D. Oberski, M. Chadeau-Hyam, R. Vermeulen. Data-driven causal structure discovery to generate causal hypotheses and strengthen causal inference in exposome studies. Environment International, 212: 110290, 2026.
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• NEW A Motoyoshi, K Nagino, J Sung, A Midorikawa-Inomata, A. Eguchi, T. Adachi, S. Nakao, H. Kobayashi, T. Inomata. Association of COVID-19 with hay fever symptoms and preventive behaviors using a digital cohort study with AllerSearch. Scientific Reports, 16: 17513, 2026.
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• T. Okuda, S. Shimizu, T. Pham, T. Ikenoue, S. Fukuma. Operationalizing longitudinal causal discovery under real-world workflow constraints. arXiv:2602.23800, 2026.
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• Y. Wang, J. Auxier, M. Amayag, I. Azimi, A. M. Rahmani, P. Liljeberg, A. Axelin. Identifying daily-living features related to loneliness: A causal machine learning approach. PloS one, 20(12): e0336287, 2025.
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• P. Quaranta, R. Pietrantuono, G. Cascone. Correlation and Causal Analysis of Occupational Health Data in the Maritime Domain. In Proc. 2025 IEEE 13th International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI), pp. 739-744, 2025.
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• S. Zahoor, A. C. Constantinou, F. O'Halloran, L O'Mahony, M. O’Riordan, O. Kgosidialwa, L. Culliney, M. S. Alhajri, M. Hasanuzzaman. Causal insights into gestational diabetes mellitus. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 16(xx): xx-xx, 2025.
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• A. Koshida, S. Karashima, K. Ogura, Y. Miyajima, K. Ogai, R. Mizoguchi, Y. Ikagawa, S. Hara, I. Mizushima, H. Fujii, M. Kawano, H. Tsujiguchi, A. Hara, H. Nakamura, and S. Okamoto. Impact of gut microbiome on serum IgG4 levels in the general population: Shika-machi super preventive health examination results. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13:1272398, 2023.
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• R. Mojtabai. Problematic Social Media Use and Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents. Journal of Policy Modeling, xx(xx): xx-xx, 2023.
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• R. Mizoguchi, S. Karashima, Y. Miyajima, K. Ogura, M. Kometani, D. Aono, S. Konishi, M. Demura, H. Tsujiguchi, A. Hara, H. Nakamura, T. Yoneda, S. Okamoto, and K. Satou . Impact of gut microbiome on the renin-aldosterone system: Shika-machi Super Preventive Health Examination results. Hypertension Research, 2023.
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• Y. Uchida, K. Fujiwara, T. Saito, T. Osaka. Causal Plot: Causal-Based Fault Diagnosis Method Based on Causal Analysis.  Processes, 2022.
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• E. L. Barrera and D. Miljkovic. The link between the two epidemics provides an opportunity to remedy obesity while dealing with Covid-19. Journal of Policy Modeling, xx(xx): xx-xx, 2022.
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• R García-Velázquez, M. Jokela, T. H. Rosenström. Direction of Dependence Between Specific Symptoms of Depression: A Non-Gaussian Approach. Clinical Psychological Science, xx(xx): xx-xx, 2019.
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• H. Helajärvi, T. Rosenström, K. Pahkala, M. Kähönen, T. Lehtimäki, O. J. Heinonen, M. Oikonen, T. Tammelin, J. S. A. Viikari and O. T. Raitakari. Exploring causality between TV viewing and weight change in young and middle-aged adults. The cardiovascular risk in young Finns study. PLoS ONE, 9(7): e101860, 2014.
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• T. Rosenström, M. Jokela, S. Puttonen, M. Hintsanen, L. Pulkki-Råback, J. S. Viikari, O. T. Raitakari and L. Keltikangas-Järvinen. Pairwise measures of causal direction in the epidemiology of sleep problems and depression. PLoS ONE, 7(11): e50841, 2012.
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Psychology / Education

• P. Quinsacara, B. Peralta and P. Schwarzenberg. Discovering the causal structure of students' entry into higher education in Chile from data. Workshop on Causal Discovery CaDis, 2024.
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• T. Sano, H. Kawabata. Temporal Dynamics Between Depression and Anxiety Symptoms During Internet-Based Therapy and in the General Population. Current Psychology, xx(xx): xx-xx, 2024.
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• J. Tammilehto, S. E. Saarni, J.-H. Stenberg, V. Ritola, G. Joffe, M. Jokela, T. H. Rosenström. Temporal Dynamics Between Depression and Anxiety Symptoms During Internet-Based Therapy and in the General Population. Clinical Psychological Science, xx(xx): xx-xx, 2024.
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• R Mojtabai. Problematic social media use and psychological symptoms in adolescents. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, xx(xx): xx-xx, 2024.
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• T. H. Rosenström, N. O. Czajkowski, O. A. Solbakken, S. E. Saarni. Direction of dependence analysis for pre-post assessments using non-Gaussian methods: a tutorial. Psychotherapy Research, 2023.
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• 大山 飛鳥, 古徳 純一, 土岐 博. 大阪府の特定健康診査データの因果探索. 情報処理, 63(2): 19-47, 2022.
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•  J. Kotoku , A. Oyama, K. Kitazumi, H. Toki, A. Haga, R. Yamamoto, M. Shinzawa, M. Yamakawa, S. Fukui, K. Yamamoto, T. Moriyama. Causal relations of health indices inferred statistically using the DirectLiNGAM algorithm from big data of Osaka prefecture health checkups. PLoS ONE,15(12): e0243229, 2020.
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• T. Itahashi, N. Okada, S. Ando, S. Yamasaki, D. Koshiyama, K. Morita, N. Yahata, S. Koike, A. Nishida, K. Kasai, R. Hashimoto. Functional connectome linking child-parent relationships with psychological problems in adolescence. bioRxiv 678714, 2019.  
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• A. von Eye and R. P. DeShon. Decisions concerning directional dependence. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 36(4): 323-326, 2012.
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• S. Pornprasertmanit and T. D. Little. Determining directional dependency in causal associations. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 36(4): 313-322, 2012.
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• A. von Eye and R. P. DeShon. Directional dependence in developmental research. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 36(4): 303-312, 2012.
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• Y. Takahashi, K. Ozaki, B. W. Robert and J. Ando. Can low behavioral activation system predict depressive mood?: An application of non-normal structural equation modeling. Japanese Psychological Research, 54(2): 170-181, 2012.
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