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. 2018 Mar 28;8(Suppl 7):1450594. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1450594

Table 6.

Mediation analysis indicating average causal mediation effect of sleep efficiency on relationship between exposure to maltreatment (number of different types) and regional grey matter volume

  Average Causal Mediation Effect
Average Direct Effect
Total Effect
Proportion Mediated
Regions Estimate p-value Estimate p-value Estimate p-value Estimate p-value
Hippocampus −61.92 .043 −68.43 .222 −130.35 .004 0.463 .047
CA1 −10.83 .032 −17.18 .063 −28.01 .003 0.385 .035
Dentate gyrus −5.49 .022 −7.45 .105 −12.94 .002 0.411 .024
Molecular layer −10.35 .008 −12.63 .104 −22.98 .002 0.444 .01
Inferior Frontal Cortex −140.84 .054 −162.82 .171 −303.66 <.0005 0.455 .054
Insula −80.97 .459 −194.55 .214 −275.52 .002 0.299 .461

The Average Causal Mediation Effect indicates the degree of reduction in grey matter volume attributed to the mediator.