Table 4.

Direct, indirect, and total effects of female sex on dementia

	M1 (conceptual, t1)			M2 (final, t1)
	β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p
Total	0.476	0.197–0.754	***	0.477	0.199–0.756	***
Direct	0.008	− 1.310 – 1.011	ns.	–	–	–
Indirect	0.468	− 0.845 – 1.466	ns.	0.477	0.199–0.756	***
Specific indirect
Via age	0.361	− 0.631 – 1.353	ns.	0.366	0.076–0.657	**
Via distress	0.086	− 0.011 – 0.183	†	0.101	0.003–0.200	*
Via education	0.007	− 0.036 – 0.050	ns.	–	–	–
Via education → distress	0.008	− 0.004 – 0.019	ns.	0.004	− 0.003 – 0.022	ns.
Via age → education	0.001	− 0.005 – 0.007	ns.	–	–	–
Via age → distress	0.005	− 0.015 – 0.024	ns.	–	–	–
Via age → education → distress	0.001	− 0.003 – 0.024	ns.	–	–	–

Note: Unstandardized WLSMV (probit) estimates, ^†p ≤ 0.10; *p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001