"causative association" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a relationship between two variables, where one variable (the cause) is responsible for producing an effect on the other variable (the association). This phrase is often used in scientific or research contexts. Example: The study found a significant causative association between smoking and lung cancer, indicating that smoking is the cause of the increased risk of developing this disease.
With this large number of lead-exposed adults, and the morbidity associated with osteoporosis, it is important to investigate further whether a causative association exists between lead exposure and osteoporosis in humans.
That distinctive "fingerprint," he says, strongly suggests a causative association.
The present association of playas, lunettes, and linear dunes in the Australian deserts may imply a causative association.
The available data on suicidal behavior during isotretinoin treatment are insufficient to establish a meaningful causative association.
Although the current literature does not support a causative association between isotretinoin use and depression, there are important limitations to many of the studies.
Although prion diseases are rare, affecting about one person per million per year worldwide, they have recently received remarkable attention because of the epidemic of the newly recognized bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and the causative association of BSE with human variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD).
While the cross-sectional study design does not allow one to ascertain causative associations between PTSD factors and alcohol consumption and consequences, results generally align with the self-medication hypothesis, as PTSD factors reflecting internalizing were most strongly related to alcohol-related consequences.
If future research will reveal causative associations between dysbiosis and disease, then selective dietary strategies that redress these imbalances have potential to improve health.
PheWAS analyses may also help identify potentially causative associations between disease and SNP associations discovered in disease-specific GWAS.
Causative associations are uncertain, but several patients in whom cancer developed after drug use have been reported.
More studies, especially those focusing on socially disadvantaged children are needed, in order to determine causative associations.
