Table 1.

Average attributable fractions and standard errors for 10 INTERSTROKE risk factors. BN (Bayesian network) corresponds to the causal structure shown in Fig. 1, whereas DE (Direct effects only) corresponds to the causal structure in Fig 3. The Monte Carlo SE is reported for the estimates in the top row of the table, but would be similar for the estimates corresponding to Fig. 3

	Inactivity	Diet	Smoking	Alcohol	Stress	High BP	Lipids	WHR	Cardiac	DM
Point estimate, BN	19.5%	7.3%	6.4%	1.4%	2.6%	23.0%	15.0%	7.8%	4.3%	1.4%
Point estimate, DE	16.5%	7.1%	7.1%	1.7%	2.1%	23.8%	15.9%	7.9%	4.8%	1.8%
Monte Carlo SE, BN	0.20%	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%	0.20%	0.18%	0.17%	0.16%	0.16%