The role of childhood social position in adult type 2 diabetes: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Table 3 Model estimates and model fit statistics for direct and indirect associations between childhood SEP and diabetes mellitus in older age

	Direct Association	Indirect association – mediation through inflammation			Indirect Association – Mediation through Current SEP, Current Risk Factors and Inflammation
	Type 2 diabetes on:	Inflammation on:	Type 2 diabetes on:		Current SEP on:	Current risk factors on:	Inflammation on:	Type 2 diabetes on:
	Childhood SEP	Childhood SEP	Inflammation	Childhood SEP	Childhood SEP	Childhood SEP	Childhood SEP	Inflammation	Childhood SEP	Current SEP	Current risk factors
Coefficient	0.191	0.296	0.046	0.178	0.150	0.387	0.296	0.048	0.098	0.204	0.155
S.E.	0.043	0.052	0.013	0.044	0.016	0.058	0.052	0.014	0.046	0.050	0.010
Standardised coefficient	0.089	0.083	0.075	0.082	0.175	0.086	0.083	0.075	0.043	0.076	0.304
p-value	<0.001	<0.001	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.001	0.035	<0.001	<0.001
R-square	0.035	0.041			0.139

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