Question: Is this describing a (1) directly correlative relationship, (2) conditionally causative relationship, (3) causative relationship, or (0) no relationship.

Based on the effect size estimated, future studies would need to enroll >1500 patients or  identify, stratify, and selectively enroll obese patients without metabolic dysfunction to accurately determine whether breast-feeding in infancy influences  LARs or metabolic dysfunction among obese youth.
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This is a directly correlative relationship
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