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Table 1 Simulation scenarios

From: Pragmatic trials: ignoring a mediator and adjusting for confounding

Scenario

Parameter settings

(a) No unmeasured heterogeneity or confounding

α2 = α3 = β5 = 0, α1 = β0 = β1 = β2 = β4 = β6 = 1

(b) Unmeasured heterogeneity with confounding

α1 = α2 = α3 = β0 = β1 = β2 = β4 = β5 = β6 = 1

(c) Unmeasured Heterogeneity without confounding

α2 = α3 = β5 = 0, α1 = β0 = β1 = β2 = β4 = β6 = 1