Table 1.

The Mediation Effects of Medication Intake on Drinking Problems among Six LCA Approaches

	Logit (SE)			Odds ratio [95% CI]
	a-path	b-path	Intercept M	Natural indirect effect
Adjusted One-Step	0.598 (0.228)	0.829 (0.148)	−0.396 (0.251)	1.126 [1.028, 1.250]
Modal	0.447 (0.206)	0.684 (0.126)	−0.549 (0.196)	1.077 [1.006, 1.153]
ML Modal	0.520 (0.240)	0.862 (0.164)	−0.288 (0.227)	1.113 [1.009, 1.245]
ML Proportional	0.535 (0.262)	0.831 (0.171)	−0.301 (0.248)	1.112 [1.004, 1.254]
BCH Modal	0.510 (0.202)	0.859 (0.130)	−0.279 (0.192)	1.110 [1.022, 1.216]
BCH Modal & robust SE estimator	0.510 (0.241)	0.859 (0.164)	−0.279 (0.228)	1.110 [1.007, 1.241]
BCH Proportional	0.538 (0.203)	0.830 (0.130)	−0.305 (0.192)	1.112 [1.026, 1.217]
BCH Proportional & robust SE estimator	0.538 (0.230)	0.830 (0.150)	−0.305 (0.218)	1.112 [1.016, 1.234]

Note. Modal=standard three-step approach with modal assignment; ML Modal=modern three-step approach with modal assignment and maximum likelihood correction method; ML Proportional= modern three-step approach with proportional assignment and maximum likelihood correction method; BCH Modal=modern three-step approach with modal assignment and BCH correction method; modern three-step approach with proportional assignment and BCH correction method.