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Table 3 Controlled direct effect (CDE) of education in 2000 on blood lipid levels in 2010 when income change is set to “increased”

From: Association between education and blood lipid levels as income increases over a decade: a cohort study

Variables In 2010

Crude Model

Adjusted and weighted model a

CDE (95% CI)

CDE (95% CI)

Total

Women

Men

Total

Women

Men

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

11 (−6; 30)

18 (−1; 39)

2 (− 34; 40)

9 (− 11; 28)

14 (− 7; 34)

-2 (− 41; 38)

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

-2 (− 10; 7)

3 (− 7; 14)

− 12 (− 25; 2)

−3 (− 12; 7)

4 (− 8; 15)

−12 (− 29; 5)

LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

−4 (− 10; 3)

1 (− 7; 9)

−13 (− 23; − 3)

−4 (− 11; 3)

1 (−8; 9)

− 12 (− 24; 1)

HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

−2 (− 5; 0)

−4 (− 7; − 1)

1 (− 4; 6)

− 2 (− 5; 1)

− 3 (− 7; 0)

1 (−5; 6)

  1. aModels adjusted for sex, age, birth weight, income at baseline, maternal education and family history of dyslipidemia