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Table 5 Direct and Indirect Effects of Baseline CRS on Adiposity Change

From: Latent variables and structural equation models for longitudinal relationships: an illustration in nutritional epidemiology

effect

Males

Females

 

Estimate

Standard error*

Estimate

Standard error*

1 (direct)

0.012

0.0070

-0.0096

0.0069

2 (indirect through CRS change)

0.0036

0.0028

0.0040

0.0031

3 (indirect through baseline adiposity)

-0.0037

0.0021

-0.0012

0.0011

1+2 (partial)

0.016

0.0064

-0.0056

0.0064

1+2+3 (total)

0.012

0.0065

-0.0068

0.0064

  1. *Obtained by bootstrapping the sampled subjects 1000 times