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Table 5 SEM analyses of the interrelationships among income, lifestyle behaviours, and adiposity risk

From: An exploration of socioeconomic variation in lifestyle factors and adiposity in the Ontario Food Survey through structural equation modeling

Dependent

Independent a

Men b

Women c

Increased vs. least risk

 

Standardizedβ

P value

Standardizedβ

P value

Increased risk

Income

0.07

0.603

0.01

0.921

 

Fruit and vegetable

0.16

0.596

-0.15

0.497

 

LTPA

-0.13

0.181

0.00

0.992

 

Current smoking

0.11

0.881

-0.48

0.385

 

Former smoking

0.09

0.905

-0.27

0.603

Fruit and vegetable

Income

0.28

0.002

0.15

0.041

LTPA

Income

0.26

0.0003

0.18

0.005

Current smoking

Income

-0.27

0.003

-0.21

0.008

Former smoking

Income

0.05

0.582

0.22

0.006

  

Men d

Women e

High vs. least risk

 

Standardizedβ

P value

Standardizedβ

P value

High risk

Income

0.19

0.478

-0.22

0.010

 

Fruit and vegetable

0.36

0.509

-0.35

0.040

 

LTPA

-0.35

0.088

-0.10

0.168

 

Current smoking

1.00

0.522

-0.26

0.555

 

Former smoking

1.13

0.490

-0.12

0.764

Fruit and vegetable

Income

0.24

0.022

0.16

0.023

LTPA

Income

0.29

0.0002

0.14

0.019

Current smoking

Income

-0.31

0.0003

-0.25

0.0005

Former smoking

Income

0.13

0.124

0.15

2.08

  1. a Age included as a covariate with all sets of independent variables, results not shown
  2. b n = 312; CFI 0.94; RMSEA 0.07; Chi-square 17.95, p value 0.01
  3. c n = 399; CFI 0.90; RMSEA 0.08; Chi-square 26.83, p value 0.0004
  4. d n = 285; CFI 0.97; RMSEA 0.06; Chi-square 15.02, p value 0.04
  5. e n = 484; CFI 0.94; RMSEA 0.08; Chi-square 26.67, p value 0.0004