Exploring food insecurity and obesity in Dutch disadvantaged neighborhoods: a cross-sectional mediation analysis

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Mediation statistics of statistically significant mediators of the food insecurity status score-obesity association

	Unadjusted			Adjusted^a
	Indirect effect		Proportion of total effect mediated	Indirect effect		Proportion of total effect mediated
	Estimate	95% CI^b	%	Estimate	95% CI^b	%
Mediators
Living situation	0.037*	0.0073, 0.096	15.3	0.036*	0.0013, 0.11	15.4
Diet quality (FIN-Diet score)	−0.041*	−0.11, − 0.0012	−17.7	−0.042*	− 0.10, − 0.0019	−18.6
General health status	0.044*	0.00089, 0.11	19.1
Smoking status				−0.034*	−0.11, − 0.00034	−15.8

CI Confidence Interval
*Statistically significant (p < 0.05)
^aAdjusted for age, sex, household income, educational level, and migration background
^bBias-corrected

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