Table 4. Mediation between health outcomes and maternal tertiary education.

	Mediated effect (95% CI) a	P	Proportion mediated	Controlled direct effect (95% CI) a	P
Obesity
Breakfast frequency	-0.0004 (-0.0008 to -0.0001)	***	3.1%	-0.0117 (-0.0190 to -0.0042)	***
Exercise frequency	-0.0005 (-0.0010 to -0.00004)	*	4.3%	-0.0120 (-0.0200 to -0.0048)	***
Hypertension
Breakfast frequency	-0.0002 (-0.0040 to 0.0190)		2.3%	-0.0076 (-0.0190 to -0.0040)	*
Exercise frequency	-0.0020 (-0.0030 to -0.0007)	***	16.4%	-0.0067 (-0.0185 to 0.0054)

^a Estimated using quasi-Bayesian method after the adjustment of child’s gender and age, and intra-cluster correlation.

***: P<0.001

*: P<0.05