Table 4.

Effect of BP Status on GCIPL: Mediation Analysis

	Controls + Low BP		Controls + Treated AHT		Controls + Untreated AHT
	(Group 2 + Group 1)		(Group 2 + Group 3)		(Group 2 + Group 4)
	Effect	P	Effect	P	Effect	P
Mediation Step 1
GCIPL ∼ MAP	bMAP = 0.09	0.052	bMAP = −0.10	0.043	bMAP = −0.07	0.032
Mediation Step 2
RBF ∼ MAP	bMAP = 0.27	0.020
RVR ∼ MAP			bMAP = 0.005	0.008	bMAP = 0.005	0.0003
AR ∼ MAP			bMAP = 0.17	0.015
Mediation Step 3
GCIPL ∼ MAP + RBF	bMAP = 0.05	0.30
	bRBF = 0.16	0.003
GCIPL ∼ MAP + RVR			bMAP = −0.04	0.42	bMAP = −0.03	0.51
			bRVR = −11.87	0.001	bRVR = −10.23	0.022
GCIPL ∼ MAP + AR			bMAP = −0.06	0.21
			bAR = −0.21	0.042
GCIPL ∼ MAP + RVR + AR			bMAP = −0.04	0.40
			bRVR = −27.37	0.001
			bAR = 0.47	0.032
Sobel test	0.059		RVR: 0.041; AR: 0.095		0.031