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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2017 Mar 8;60(6):674–679. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.01.001

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Mediation of association between history of overweight/obesity and inpatient medical care by %mBMI. 1Step 1: Significant association between history of overweight/obesity (predictor) and inpatient medical care (outcome). 2Step 2: Significant association between history of overweight/obesity (predictor) and %mBMI (mediator). 3Step 3: Significant association between %mBMI (mediator) and inpatient medical care (outcome). 4Step 4: Association between history of overweight/obesity (predictor) and inpatient medical care (outcome) no longer significant after adjusting for mediating variable, %mBMI indicating full mediation. 5%mBMI = percent median body mass index. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.