Table 2.
Results from Structural Equation Models Examining Associations between Global Emodiversity and Latent Inflammation
| Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unstd | SE | Std | p | Unstd | SE | Std | p | |
| Common Factor | ||||||||
| Inflammation → CRP | =1.00 | - | 0.88 | - | =1.00 | - | 0.84 | - |
| Inflammation → IL-6 | 0.39 | 0.08 | 0.58 | <.001 | 0.43 | 0.07 | 0.62 | <.001 |
| Inflammation → Fibrinogen | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.60 | <.001 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.61 | <.001 |
| Regression(s) | ||||||||
| Global Emodiversity → Inflammation | −1.47 | 0.96 | −0.14 | .126 | −1.24 | 0.88 | −0.12 | .160 |
| BMI → Inflammation | - | - | - | - | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.50 | <.001 |
| Anti-inflammatory Medication → Inflammation | - | - | - | - | −0.30 | 0.21 | −0.13 | .149 |
| Medical Conditions → Inflammation | - | - | - | - | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.15 | .093 |
| Neuroticism → Inflammation | - | - | - | - | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.07 | .423 |
| Extraversion → Inflammation | - | - | - | - | −0.002 | 0.01 | −0.01 | .902 |
| Age → Inflammation | - | - | - | - | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.18 | .027 |
| Gender → Inflammation | - | - | - | - | −0.17 | 0.18 | −0.08 | .324 |
| Intercepts | ||||||||
| CRP | 0.37 | 0.10 | 0.28 | <.001 | 0.38 | 0.09 | 0.29 | <.001 |
| IL6 | 0.46 | 0.06 | 0.61 | <.001 | 0.47 | 0.06 | 0.61 | <.001 |
| Fibrinogen | 5.79 | 0.02 | 28.10 | <.001 | 5.79 | 0.02 | 28.06 | <.001 |
| Inflammation | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | - |
| Variances | ||||||||
| CRP | 0.39 | 0.22 | 0.23 | .08 | 0.51 | 0.15 | 0.30 | .001 |
| IL6 | 0.38 | 0.05 | 0.66 | <.001 | 0.36 | 0.05 | 0.62 | <.001 |
| Fibrinogen | 0.03 | 0.004 | 0.65 | <.001 | 0.03 | 0.004 | 0.63 | <.001 |
| Inflammation | 1.28 | 0.28 | 0.98 | <.001 | 0.79 | 0.18 | 0.67 | <.001 |
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| Model Fit Statistics | ||||||||
| χ2 | (df = 2) = 1.920, p = .383 | (df = 10) = 17.22, p =.372 | ||||||
| CFI | 1.00 | .991 | ||||||
| RMSEA | .000 [.000, .148] | .021 [.000, .074] | ||||||
| SRMR | .022 | .027 | ||||||
Note: N = 175; Unstd = unstandardized coefficient; SE = standard error; Std = standardized path coefficient; p = p-value; CRP = c-reactive protein; IL-6 = interleukin-6; BMI = body mass index; CFI comparative fit index; RMSEA = root-mean-square error of approximation; SRMR = standardized root-mean-square residual. Bracketed values represent 95% confidence intervals.