Contribution of vitamin D status as a determinant of cardiometabolic risk factors: a structural equation model, National Food and Nutrition Surveillance

Table 2 The coefficients and the corresponding P values of the standardized total, direct and indirect effects between variables in model

	St. total effect	p-value	St. direct effect	p-value	St. indirect effect	p value
Age ➞ Vit D	0.103	0.008	0.075	0.006	0.028	0.006
Age ➞ BMI	0.099	0.012	0.111	0.012	−0.012	0.005
Age ➞ lipid profile	0.377	0.006	0.358	0.009	0.019	0.251
Sun-exposure ➞ vit D	0.230	0.012	0.230	0.012	–	–
Sun-exposure ➞BMI	−0.027	0.021	–	–	−0.027	0.021
Sun-exposure ➞ lipid profile	−0.04	0.005	–	–	−0.04	0.005
Vit D ➞ BMI	−0.117	0.013	−0.117	0.013	–	–
Vit D ➞ lipid profile	−0.175	0.011	−0.136	0.023	−0.039	0.012
BMI ➞ lipid profile	0.331	0.014	0.331	0.014	–	–

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