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Table 2 Path models of direct and indirect effects of parental education on childhood overweight (see Figure 1 )

From: Associations between parental BMI, socioeconomic factors, family structure and overweight in Finnish children: a path model approach

  

H0: Model 1 fits better than full model

 

H0: Model 2 fits better than full model

 

H0: Model 3 fits better than full model

 

Subgroup

Effect mediated by:

x 2

df

x 2

df

x 2

df

Younger1 boys

Paternal BMI

22.17***

1

14.83***

1

43.99***

2

 

Maternal BMI

16.10***

1

10.53**

1

31.30***

2

Older2 boys

Paternal BMI

10.32**

1

3.89*

1

16.79***

2

 

Maternal BMI

13.09**

1

3.38

1

19.80***

2

Younger1 girls

Paternal BMI

-

 

-

 

-

 
 

Maternal BMI

-

 

-

 

-

 

Older2 girls

Paternal BMI

-

 

-

 

-

 
 

Maternal BMI

7.07*

1

2.91

1

11.54**

2

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; x2, chi-square; df, degrees of freedom.
  2. 1Younger, ca 3–8 years.
  3. 2Older, ca 11–16 years.
  4. ***= p < .001, ** = p < .005, * = p < .05.
  5. Chi-square difference test for path model fit.
  6. Model 1: path from paternal/maternal education to paternal/maternal BMI (b1) was fixed to 0.
  7. Model 2: path from paternal/maternal education to child’s overweight (b3) was fixed to 0.
  8. Model 3: both paths b1 and b3 were fixed to 0.