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Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Mar 1;116(5):1218–1225. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24832

Table 3.

Mediation Analyses^a

Mediation Step	Independent Variable	Dependent Variable	Mediator	F	df	P
I	Financial status	Total support		3.45	2361	.03
III	Total support	Δ Anxiety		7.26	1350	.01
	Total support	Δ Depression		17.75	1353	.00
IV	Financial status	Δ Anxiety	Total support	6.89	2344	.00
	Financial status	Δ Depression	Total support	6.38	2347	.00

Δ indicates change.

All models controlled for age, marital status, employment status, menopausal status, number of comorbidities, receipt of tamoxifen, receipt of mastectomy, grade, and comedonecrosis.

The sample size for Table 2 ranged from 373 to 388 due to missing data.