Table 5.
Mediation effects on the mortality.
| Effects | Estimate | Bootstrapped 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | SE | Lower limit | Upper limit | |
| Indirect effect through AoAC | 0.0106 | 0.0055 | 0.0015 | 0.0231 |
| Indirect effect through hsCRP | 0.0103 | 0.0049 | 0.0028 | 0.0217 |
| Indirect effect through HDL-C | − 0.0020 | 0.0024 | − 0.0077 | 0.0021 |
| Indirect effect through BNP | − 0.0001 | 0.0030 | − 0.0063 | 0.0060 |
| Total indirect effect | 0.0188 | 0.0073 | 0.0066 | 0.0352 |
| Total direct effect | 0.0368 | 0.0130 | 0.0113 | 0.0622 |
SE standard error, CI confidence interval, HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol, hsCRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, BNP brain natriuretic peptide, AoAC aortic arch calcification.