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Table 5 Mediation analysis of the association between socioeconomic status at birth and of FEV1 (mL) at 15 years of age among girls (N = 2036)

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)

70.0 (11.8)

0

< 0.001

1.7

1 + height (2)

31.0 (10.1)

-55.7

0.002

29.5

2 + weight (3)

30.6 (9.8)

-56.3

0.002

33.0

3 + skin color (4)

16.8 (9.8)

-76.0

0.087

35.0

4 + pubertal stage (5)

18.5 (10.0)

-73.6

0.064

35.1

5 + allergy (6)

19.1 (10.0)

-72.7

0.057

35.2

6 + parental smoking in 2004 (7)

28.9 (11.8)

-58.7

0.014

35.2

7 + parental wheezing in 2004 (8)

29.3 (11.9)

-58.1

0.014

34.6

8 + adolescent wheezing (9)

30.1 (11.9)

-57.0

0.012

34.9

9 + adolescent smoking (10)

31.3 (12.0)

-55.3

0.009

34.9

10 + age (11)

31.3 (12.0)

-55.3

0.009

34.9

11 + physical activity (12)

31.3 (12.0)

-55.3

0.009

34.9

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