Table 4.

Mediation tests evaluating indirect effects of education on 10-year estimated CHD risk, stratified by gender. Point estimates (indirect effects= [(exp(β)-1)×100]) represent % change in relative 10-year risk for specific education category vs. referent education category, due to the addition of the mediator into the model. Numerical values in parentheses represent 95% confidence intervals.

	Women (n=207)		Men (n=139)
	<High School	≥High School, <College	<High School	≥High School, <College
Poverty income ratio	−4.8 (−14.6, 1.0)	−2.8 (−9.4, 0.4)	−1.1 (−11.7, 5.4)	−0.8 (−7.8, 3.9)
Body mass index	15.4 (−0.4, 33.5)	4.2 (−6.9, 13.1)	0.3 (−1.2, 5.6)	0.7 (−0.7, 5.4)
Depressive symptoms	11.8 (2.5, 26.6)*	3.1 (0.4, 8.8)*	−0.8 (−8.7, 1.5)	0.2 (−2.8, 0.9)
Sense of Control
Perceived mastery	1.8 (−1.0, 10.4)	2.1 (−0.3, 8.5)	−0.7 (−8.4, 1.9)	0.9 (−6.7, 2.4)
Perceived constraint	6.7 (0.7,19.1)*	4.7 (0.8,11.3)*	0.8 (−1.3, 7.7)	0.2 (−1.1, 3.5)
Time preference	1.8 (−1.6, 10.0)	1.3 (−0.7, 6.3)	−0.6 (−7.7, 2.0)	0.0 (−2.0, 2.7)
Literacy
Aural	−0.8 (−6.0, 2.6)	−0.3 (−4.1, 1.0)	0.0 (−3.0, 3.8)	−0.0 (−2.9, 2.0)
Oral	−0.6 (−6.4, 2.1)	−0.1 (−3.7, 2.4)	−0.8 (−9.3, 7.5)	−0.1 (−7.8, 6.7)
Numeracy	5.4 (−2.1, 15.3)	2.8 (−1.1, 8.3)	5.4 (−1.4,18.6)	6.0 (−2.8,17.1)
Reading comprehension	7.2 (0.7, 19.4)*	0.3 (−4.5, 1.0)	7.2 (0.8,19.1)*	5.1 (0.5,13.9)

All models are adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, and childhood confounders (parental socioeconomic index, age 7 intelligence, childhood chronic illness, childhood introversion, age 7 body mass index).

^*p<0.05 for group vs. referent (≥College) point estimate (β=0).