Table 1.

Global and partial effects estimated for both paths described in Figure 1.

Effects	Explained Variance ± SD (%)	Number of PLS Components
Path 1
Clinic => y (global effect)	52.37 ± 0.74	1
Clinic => y|Metabo (partial effect)	22.95 ± 1.85	2
Path 2
Metabo => y (global effect)	53.43 ± 1.47	2
Metabo => y|Clinic (partial effect)	21.67 ± 3.83	2