. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2019 May 18;102(10):1882–1891. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.05.005

Appendix Table 3.

Baron and Kenny Mediation Analysis^a

	LDL-C	HDL-C	Triglycerides	Total Cholesterol
Step 1: Intervention Sessions (IS) & lipids	−0.68 (−0.98 to −0.37), p<.001	−0.09 (−0.19 to 0.01), p=.09	−1.3 (−2.3 to −0.4), p=.004	−0.92 (−1.3 to −0.57), p<.001

Step 2: IS & waist circumference (WC)	−0.40 (−050 to −0.30), p<.001	N/A (as no relationship, above)	−0.40 (−050 to −0.30), p<.001	−0.40 (−050 to −0.30), p<.001

Step 3: WC & lipids	0.46 (0.31 to 0.61),	N/A	2.0 (1.5 to 2.4), p<.001	0.71 (0.55 to 0.88),
	p<.001			p<.001

Step 4: Model with both IS and WC
Intervention Sessions	−0.62 (−1.1 to −0.16), p=0.009	N/A	−0.32 (−1.2 to 0.62), p=.505	−0.70 (−1.1 to −0.34), p<.001
Waist Circumference	0.56 (0.24 to 0.89), p=.001	N/A	2.3 (1.7 to 2.9), p<.001	0.64 (0.41 to 0.88), p<.001

Data are presented as β-coefficient (95% Confidence Interval), p-value unless otherwise indicated