dag {
bb="0,0,1,1"
"Area level deprivation" [pos="0.100,0.600"]
"Cancer stage at diagnosis" [pos="0.400,0.500"]
"Cancer treatment receipt" [outcome,pos="0.500,0.700"]
"Cardiovascular disease" [exposure,pos="0.300,0.700"]
"Other comorbidities" [pos="0.200,0.300"]
Age [pos="0.100,0.300"]
Rurality [pos="0.100,0.500"]
Sex [pos="0.100,0.400"]
"Area level deprivation" -> "Cancer stage at diagnosis"
"Area level deprivation" -> "Cancer treatment receipt"
"Area level deprivation" -> "Cardiovascular disease"
"Area level deprivation" -> "Other comorbidities"
"Cancer stage at diagnosis" -> "Cancer treatment receipt"
"Cardiovascular disease" -> "Cancer stage at diagnosis"
"Cardiovascular disease" -> "Cancer treatment receipt"
"Other comorbidities" -> "Cancer stage at diagnosis"
"Other comorbidities" -> "Cancer treatment receipt"
"Other comorbidities" -> "Cardiovascular disease"
Age -> "Cancer stage at diagnosis"
Age -> "Cancer treatment receipt"
Age -> "Cardiovascular disease"
Age -> "Other comorbidities"
Age -> Rurality [pos="0.057,0.380"]
Rurality -> "Area level deprivation"
Rurality -> "Cancer stage at diagnosis"
Rurality -> "Cancer treatment receipt"
Rurality -> "Cardiovascular disease"
Rurality -> "Other comorbidities"
Sex -> "Cancer stage at diagnosis"
Sex -> "Cancer treatment receipt"
Sex -> "Cardiovascular disease"
Sex -> "Other comorbidities"
Sex -> Rurality
}