Association between diet soft drink consumption and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: findings from the NHANES

Table 4 Mediation effect of BMI on the association between diet soft drink consumption and MASLD

Mediator		Exposure to mediator	Mediator to outcome	Direct effect	Mediated (indirect effect)	Total effect (exposure to outcome)
BMI	Estimate	1.558	0.673	0.015	0.085	0.100	84.7
	SE/CI 95%	0.266	0.030	(-0.010, 0.040)	(0.056, 0.110)	(0.062, 0.140)	84.7
	P value	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.230	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

MASLD: metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease; BMI: body mass index; Exposure: diet soft drink consumption; Outcome: MASLD; model adjusted for age, gender, race, education level, smoking, physical intensity, carbohydrate intake, dietary fiber intake, PUFA intake, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus

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