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 |
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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.