Table 4 Cross-sectionala and prospectiveb associations of dietary intake (mediator), sedentary bouts (independent) and zBMI (outcome) (n = 140)
Outcome: zBMI | c`-coefficient (direct) β (95% CI) | a-coefficient β (95% CI) | b-coefficient β (95% CI) | ab/indirect (mediated/indirect)c | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent: sedentary bouts | Uncorrected β (95% CI) | Bias-corrected β (SE) | |||
Cross-sectional mediators | |||||
 Discretionary food (freq/day) | 0.12 (−0.36, 0.61) | −0.08 (−0.31, 0.15) | −0.42 (−0.77, −0.06)* | 0.32 (−0.67, 1.32) | 0.32 (−0.55, 1.37) |
 SSB (freq/day) | 0.14 (−0.36, 0.64) | −0.36 (−0.69, −0.02)* | −0.06 (−0.30, 0.19) | 0.20 (−0.71, 1.11) | 0.20 (−0.68, 0.12) |
 Takeaway food (freq/week) | 0.16 (−0.33, 0.65) | 0.03 (−0.34, 0.41) | −0.05 (−0.28, 0.18) | −0.02 (−0.21, 0.18) | −0.02 (−0.62, 0.34) |
Prospective mediators | |||||
 At baseline |  |  |  |  |  |
  Discretionary food (freq/day) | 0.08 (−0.10, 0.26) | −0.06 (−0.29, 0.17) | 0.04 (−0.10, 0.17) | −0.02 (−0.14, 0.10) | −0.02 (−0.24, 0.14) |
  SSB (freq/day) | 0.09 (−0.09, 0.27) | −0.36 (−0.70, −0.02)* | 0.02 (−0.07, 0.11) | −0.09 (−0.42, 0.24) | −0.09 (−0.52, 0.24) |
  Takeaway food (freq/week) | 0.08 (−0.10, 0.26) | 0.04 (−0.34, 0.41) | −0.04 (−0.12, 0.04) | −0.01 (−0.15, 0.13) | −0.01 (−0.27, 0.16) |
 At follow-up |  |  |  |  |  |
  Discretionary food (freq/day) | 0.08 (−0.10, 0.26) | −0.08 (−0.34, 0.17) | 0.02 (−0.10, 0.14) | −0.02 (−0.12, 0.09) | −0.02 (−0.28, 0.16) |
  SSB (freq/day) | 0.08 (−0.10, 0.26) | 0.11 (−0.18, 0.40) | 0.01 (−0.010, 0.11) | 0.01 (−0.11, 0.12) | 0.01 (−0.19, 0.20) |
  Takeaway food (freq/week) | 0.08 (−0.10, 0.26) | 0.06 (−0.35, 0.48) | −0.01 (−0.08, 0.07) | −0.01 (−0.05, 0.04) | −0.01 (0.18, 0.17) |