Table 2. Standardized direct and indirect effects of SEP on later life immune response, N=1562.

	Persistent Infection
	CMV	p-value	HSV-1	p-value	T. gondii	p-value	H. pylori	p-value
Early Life SEP
Total Effect	-0.108	0.018	-0.067	0.164	0.014	0.813	-0.072	0.127
Direct Effect	-0.086	0.185	-0.077	0.254	0.115	0.165	-0.078	0.231
Total Indirect Effect	-0.023	0.405	0.01	0.725	-0.101	0.003	0.006	0.831
Decomposition of Indirect Effects
via Education	-0.024	0.441	-0.001	0.962	-0.119	0.002	0.037	0.211
via Education and Occupation	0.001	0.949	0.011	0.301	0.067	0.142	-0.031	0.005
Midlife SEP
Direct Effect of Education	-0.041	0.442	-0.003	0.962	-0.209	0.001	0.065	0.206
Late Life SEP
Direct Effect of Occupation	0.003	0.949	0.042	0.299	0.067	0.142	-0.114	0.004
Model Fit
RMSEA	0.031		0.031		0.031		0.029
CFI	0.956		0.962		0.96		0.965

All models adjusted for age and sex. Bold is statistically significant at p=0.05.