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Table 4 Mediation analysis of the association between socioeconomic status at birth and of FEV1 (mL) at 15 years of age among boys (N = 1969)

From: Socioeconomic trajectory from birth to adolescence and lung function: prospective birth cohort study

Variable (model)

Beta (SE)

Change in beta value (%)

p-value

Socioeconomic status at birth (1)

132.0 (17.9)

0

< 0.001

2.7

1 + height (2)

27.5 (13.2)

-79.2

0.037

49.2

2 + weight (3)

20.1 (13.0)

-84.8

0.124

50.6

3 + skin color (4)

9.0 (12.0)

-93.2

0.485

52.2

4 + pubertal stage (5)

7.8 (15.6)

-94.1

0.617

51.5

5 + allergy (6)

10.7(15.8)

-91.9

0.498

50.9

6 + parental smoking in 2004 (7)

7.0 (17.9)

-94.7

0.696

52.9

7 + parental wheezing in 2004 (8)

6.6 (18.0)

-95.0

0.715

53.1

8 + adolescent smoking (9)

6.5 (18.0)

-95.1

0.717

53.1

9 + adolescent wheezing (10)

8.3 (17.9)

-93.7

0.645

53.6

10 + age (11)

7.6 (17.9)

-94.2

0.665

53.7

11 + physical activity (12)

7.7 (17.9)

-94.2

0.667

53.6

  1. 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort, 2008.