Table 4.

Group intervention mediation analyses for selected factors on selected children’s outcomes

Outcome	Mediator	a	b	ab (95% CI)	% mediated
Child monthly varieties of vegetables	Mother daily serving of fruits	0.19	0.10	0.02 (−0.03, 0.09)	1.50
	Mother % energy from fat	−0.94	− 0.07	0.07 (− 0.02, 0.19)	5.50
	Behavioral strategies to increase fiber	0.17	1.43	0.24* (0.09, 0.44)	19.50
	Behavioral strategies to lower fat	0.23	1.03	0.23* (0.04, 0.46)	18.90
Child daily servings of sugar-sweetened beverages	Mother daily serving of fruits	0.19	−0.10	−0.02 (− 0.06, 0.01)	9.60
	Mother % energy from fat	−0.94	0.03	−0.03* (− 0.07, − 0.01)	15.30
	Behavioral strategies to increase fiber	0.17	0.02	0.00 (−0.03, 0.04)	1.80
	Behavioral strategies to lower fat	0.23	−0.24	−0.05* (− 0.11, − 0.01)	26.50

*p < .05

CI Confidence Interval

a: Intervention effect on mediator

b: Mediator effect on outcome adjusting for intervention

ab: mediated effect

% mediated: proportion of the absolute total effect that is mediated