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Using Month-of-Birth (MoB) as an instrument, we conducted instrumental variable (IV) analyses and propensity score (PS) models to evaluate the causal impact of older sibling AA on younger sibling DUD risk, assessed by DUD registration in national medical, criminal, or pharmacy registries.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291726103729_sec3\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Older sibling AA significantly predicted younger sibling DUD risk across models. Beta coefficients (\u00b195% CI) were 2.04 (1.97\u20132.12) in raw analysis, 1.88 (0.74\u20133.02) in IV, and 1.26 (1.17\u20131.34) in PS models. Together with the strong first-stage association, the IV estimates remain positive under small departures from the ideal identifying assumptions. Effect sizes declined with increasing sibling age differences (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.036 for IV;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.0001 for PS) and were strongest in male\u2013male pairs (IV: 4.01 [1.42\u20136.61]; PS: 1.74 [1.55\u20131.93]). Mediation by older sibling DUD was modest.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291726103729_sec4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Findings from two causal inference approaches support a largely causal link between low AA in an older sibling and increased DUD risk in younger siblings. Stronger effects in close-aged and male\u2013male pairs further support this conclusion. 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