Figure 2.

Mediating effect of increased total fat mass on the longitudinal associations of light physical activity (A) and moderate to vigorous physical activity (B) from childhood with total cholesterol. Mediation structural equation model was adjusted for sex, family history of hypertension/diabetes/high cholesterol/vascular disease, socioeconomic status, and time-varying covariates measured at both baseline and follow-up such as age, high sensitivity C-reactive protein, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, smoking status, lean mass, insulin resistance, sedentary time, and light physical activity or moderate to vigorous physical activity depending on the predictor. β is the standardized regression coefficient. P < .05 was considered to be statistically significant.