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Panel A describes the direct effect of independent variable (X) on dependent variable (Y) denoted as C. Panel B describes the effect of X on Y through a mediator (M) where the association between X and M is denoted as ‘a’, association between M and Y is denoted as ‘b’ and association of X and M to Y is denoted as Ć, such that C = Ć + ab
