The phrase "as a potential causal" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to describe something that could be a cause, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The study examined various factors as a potential causal influence on the outcome."
Alternatives: "as a possible cause" or "as a likely factor."
This reinforces the role of the IFIH1 nsSNP as a potential causal variant.
Overall, we present data from a newly available and well characterized cohort on severe obesity as a potential causal risk factor for a large collection of reproductive outcomes.
Two-sample, two-step MR can be utilized to interrogate tissue-specific DNA methylation as a potential causal intermediate phenotype.
Recently, low maternal levels of vitamin D have moved to the forefront as a potential causal agent [ 4].
Enhanced oxidative stress and the subsequent cleavage of the nursing hormone Prolactin into an anti-angiogenic 16 kDa subfragment emerged as a potential causal factor of the disease.
Given the associations between black smoke and both birth weight and standardized birth weight were stronger, it is more likely that the observed associations point towards intrauterine growth restriction as a potential causal pathway for the black smoke effect.
In contrast, cohort studies of PCB-exposed workers have been generally interpreted as negative, thereby creating uncertainty about a potential causal association.
The European Commission's 2002 review of available glyphosate data discusses specific heart defects observed in several individual rabbit developmental toxicity studies, but describes the evidence for a potential causal relationship as equivocal.
In a monograph developed to support the European Commission's 2002 review of glyphosate (BBA, 1998 2000; European Commission, 2002), the authors discuss specific heart defects observed in individual rabbit developmental toxicity studies of glyphosate, however they describe the evidence for a potential causal relationship as equivocal.
Background: Although case control studies conducted to date have largely affirmed the relationship between polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), occupational cohort studies of PCB-exposed workers have been generally interpreted as negative, thereby raising doubts about a potential causal association.
Of these, 23 loci (40%) overlap with GWAS loci of classical risk factors such as lipids, blood pressure, and diabetes mellitus, suggesting a potential causal relation.
