| Effect of sex on mediator M (path a in causal diagram)1 | Effect of mediator M on obesity (path b in causal diagram)2 | Effect of sex on obesity (path c’ in causal diagram)2 | Indirect Effect3 | Direct Effect3 | Total Effect3 | Prop. of Total Effect mediated |
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Mediator (M) | EST (CI) | EST (CI) | EST (CI) | Mean (CI) | Mean (CI) | Mean (CI) | Â |
Education | −3.62 (−3.99,–3.25) | −0.003 (−0.02,0.01) | 0.66 (0.48,0.87) | 0.002 (−0.01, 0.01) | 0.136 (0.10, 0.17) | 0.139 (0.11, 0.17) | 0.015 (0.01,0.02) |
Household Income | −0.57 (−0.73,-0.40) | 0.20 (0.06, 0.34) | 0.69 (0.54, 0.84) | −0.005 (−0.01,–0.001) | 0.143 (0.11, 0.17) | 0.137 (0.11, 0.17) | −0.04 (−0.05,0.03) |
Physical Activity Levels | −0.65 (−0.91,–0.38) | −0.02 (−0.17, 0.13) | 0.66 (0.46, 0.86) | 0.0004 (−0.003, 0.004) | 0.131 (0.10, 0.16) | 0.132 (0.10, 0.16) | 0.003 (0.002, 0.004) |
Time spent sedentary | −0.11 (−0.32, 0.11) | 0.004 (−0.15, 0.14) | 0.71 (0.54, 0.88) | −0.00005 (−0.001, 0.002) | 0.1469 (0.12,0.18) | 0.1468 (0.12, 0.18) | −0.0003 (−0.0004,-0.0002) |
Fruit/Veg consumption | −0.19 (−0.47, 0.08) | 0.23 (0.0, 0.41) | 0.66 (0.46, 0.86) | −0.002 (−0.005,–0.0007) | 0.13 (0.10, 0.16) | 0.128 (0.10, 0.16) | −0.02 (−0.02,-0.01) |
Smoking | −3.24 (−3.83,–2.64) | −0.16 (−0.37, 0.06) | 0.67 (0.49, 0.85) | 0.007 (−0.004, 0.02) | 0.139 (0.11, 0.17) | 0.145 (0.12, 0.17) | 0.05 (0.04,0.06) |