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. 2021 Jul 10;19:178. doi: 10.1186/s12955-021-01816-7

Table 4.

The results of the mediation analysis

Mediation path Coefficient P-value BCa 95% CI
c − 0.391 < 0.01 (− 0.506, − 0.275)
a − 0.244 < 0.01 (− 0.369, − 0.119)
b 0.401 < 0.01 (0.293, 0.508)
a * b − 0.098 (− 0.161, − 0.038)
c′ − 0.293  < 0.01 (− 0.401, − 0.185)

BCa 95% CI: the bias-corrected and accelerated 95% confidence interval; age, education level, principal caregiver and current recurrence were covariates