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Table 5 Relative mediation effect of the variable ‘group exercise’

From: Effect of socioeconomic status on the physical and mental health of the elderly: the mediating effect of social participation

X

ci

aib

bootstrap 95% CI

|aib/ci|

ci

aib

bootstrap 95% CI

|aib/ci|

income (ref: very low income)

Y=IADL

   

Y = MMSE

   

 low income

−0.06

0.06

(0.01,0.12)

–

−0.01

0.05

(0.01,0.1)

–

 medium income

−0.08

0.14

(0.08,0.19)

–

0.57**

0.12

(0.07,0.17)

20.44%

 high income

0.37**

0.24

(0.17,0.3)

64.11%

1.16***

0.20

(0.15,0.27)

17.53%

education (ref: illiteracy)

 primary

0.98***

0.17

(0.12,0.22)

17.07%

2.49***

0.14

(0.09,0.18)

5.43%

 junior

0.86***

0.44

(0.34,0.54)

50.66%

2.5***

0.35

(0.26,0.44)

14.08%

 senior and above

1.10***

0.62

(0.52,0.73)

56.30%

2.8***

0.50

(0.4,0.61)

17.87%

occupation (ref: agriculture)

 governmental & professional

    

1.83***

0.31

(0.23,0.39)

16.92%

 commercial & service

    

0.66**

0.19

(0.13,0.25)

28.74%

  1. X independent variable, Y dependent variable, ref reference, ci the relative total effects of every category in categorical variables on the dependent variable, aib the quantity of relative mediation effect, |aib/ ci| the proportion of relative mediation effect, CI confidence interval
  2. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001