Table 4.

Total, direct and indirect effects of independent variables on hypertension among participants aged 40–79 years (n 1326) from Jilin Province, China, enrolled in the International Chronic Disease Cohort, 2010–2011

Item	Direct effects	Indirect effects	Total effects
Condiment pattern	–	0·011	0·011
Wine pattern	0·056	–	0·056
Obesity latent variable	–	0·230	0·230
GLU	–	0·098	0·098
Lipid latent variable	0·281	–	0·281
Age	0·232	–	0·232
Family history of hypertension	0·116	–	0·116

GLU, glucose.