Table 3.

Direct and indirect effects of lower maternal education on child BMI slope

	Estimate (95% CI)	p Value
Total	0.18 (0.07 to 0.28)	0.001
Total indirect	0.16 (0.07 to 0.25)	0.001
Specific indirect effects
Via unhealthy diet	0.06 (0.02 to 0.12)	0.019
Via informal setting	0.02 (−0.05 to 0.07)	0.561
Via less positive mealtime interaction	−0.02 (−0.05 to 0.00)	0.066
Via bedroom TV	−0.03 (−0.15 to 0.08)	0.559
Via informal setting and unhealthy diet	0.03 (0.01 to 0.07)	0.011
Via less positive mealtime interaction and unhealthy diet	0.01 (0.00 to 0.03)	0.032
Via bedroom TV and unhealthy diet	0.09 (0.03 to 0.16)	0.005
Direct effect	0.02 (−0.13 to 0.16)	0.821

Model as for figure 2. Unlike figure 2, this table shows unstandardised estimates. Model adjusts for child gender and exact age at first BMI measure, maternal BMI and minority ethnic status.

BMI, body mass index.