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Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2015 Sep 23;46(2):525–537. doi: 10.1007/s10508-015-0597-y

Table 5.

Decomposition of mediation effect of rate of sex partner accumulation in the logistic regression of age at first vaginal intercourse on frequent binge drinking within the last year, by gender

Panel 1: Women (n = 2,728)

	b	Exp(b)	95% CI
Total effect	−0.127	0.88	(0.83, 0.94)^***
Direct effect	−0.114	0.89	(0.84, 0.95)^***
Indirect effect	−0.013	0.99	(0.98, 0.99)^***
Confounding ratio	1.11
Confounding percentage	10.24%

Panel 2: Men (n = 1,998)

	b	Exp(b)	95% CI
Total effect	−0.175	0.84	(0.79, 0.89)
Direct effect	−0.149	0.86	(0.81, 0.92)
Indirect effect	−0.026	0.97	(0.96, 0.99)
Confounding ratio	1.17
Confounding percentage	14.86%

Note: 95% CI for Exp(b). All covariates controlled for.

^***

p ≤ .001