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Table 4 Mediation analysis results of the association between weight gain and experiencing depressive symptoms with body image concerns as a mediator

From: Body image mediates the depressive effects of weight gain in new mothers, particularly for women already obese: evidence from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study

 

Between time 0 and 1

Between time 1 and 2

 

Coefficient

Bootstrap S.E.

Bias-corrected 95 % C.I.

Coefficient

Bootstrap S.E.

Bias-corrected 95 % C.I.

Normal weight

 Indirect effect (via mediator)

0.0309

0.0023

(0.0265; 0.0357)

0.0161

0.0022

(0.0121; -0.0207)

 Direct effect

0.0019

0.0136

(-0.0236; 0.0289)

-0.0748

0.0197

(-0.1126; -0.0350)

 Total effect

0.0328

0.0136

(0.0074; 0.0599)

-0.0587

0.0197

(-0.0967; -0.0193)

 # replications

5000

4999

Overweight

 Indirect effect (via mediator)

0.0242

0.0036

(0.0176; 0.0317)

0.0132

0.0040

(0.0063; -0.0220)

 Direct effect

-0.0313

0.0228

(-0.0755; 0.0141)

0.0870

0.0315

(0.0227; -0.1451)

 Total effect

-0.0072

0.0232

(-0.0524; 0.0389)

0.1001

0.0315

(0.0363; -0.1595)

 # replications

4999

4960

Obese

 Indirect effect

 (via mediator)

0.0080

0.0038

(0.0017; 0.0169)

0.0088

0.0062

(-0.0012; -0.0239)

 Direct effect

0.0593

0.0316

(-0.0044; 0.1190)

0.0777

0.0526

(-0.0325; -0.1739)

 Total effect

0.0673

0.0318

(0.0049; 0.1277)

0.0865

0.0529

(-0.0251; -0.1838)

 # replications

4999

3017

  1. Note: Bold if the result is significant at least at the .05 level of significance; S.E. stand for standard errors; C.I. stands for confidence intervals. The variables to measure social support, stress, exercise, health, education, income, age, and singleton or not are controlled for in each model but omitted