Table 2.

Parameter Estimates of Indirect Effects on Hypertension

Specific indirect effects	Est.	(SE)	P .
Socioeco hard C → socioeco hard A → BMI YA → HT	.036	(016)	.025
Socioeco hard A → BMI YA → HT	.042	(018)	.021
Socioeco hard C → anx-dep A → anx-dep YA → HT	.002	(001)	.094
Anx-dep A → anx-dep YA → HT	.018	(.009)	.045
Family conflict C → BMI A → BMI YA → HT	.021	(.007)	.003
BMI C → BMI A → BMI YA → HT	.281	(.030)	.001
BMI A → BMI YA → HT	.336	(.035)	.001
Total indirect effects*	Est.	(SE)	P .
Socioeco hard C	.211	(168)	.209
Family conflict C	.025	(.009)	.007
Anxiety-depress C	.004	(.007)	.560
BMI C	.263	(.050)	.001
Socioeco hard A	.044	(.018)	.016
Family conflict A	.012	(021)	.570
Anxiety-depress A	.033	(.016)	.040
BMI A	.336	(.035)	.001
Anxiety-depress YA	.012	(013)	.332
BMI YA	.449†	(.045)	.001

Note. Est. = standard estimate. SE = standard error. C = assessed at childhood. A = assessed at adolescence. YA = assessed at young adulthood. BMI = body mass index. HT = hypertension severity score. Socioeco hard = socioeconomic hardship latent variable. Anx-dep = anxiety-depression. Analyses adjusted for sex, age, parental history of hypertension, and young adult smoking status.

^*Total indirect effects are the sum of all possible indirect effects shown in Figure 1. Each childhood variable adjusted for all other childhood measures and included all possible downstream indirect paths. Each adolescent variable adjusted for all childhood measures, the other adolescent variables, and included all possible downstream paths. The young adult variables adjusted for all childhood and adolescent measures.

^†This is a direct effect as this variable had only a direct pathway to hypertension.