Table 3.
Estimates of mediation by potential mediating variables of the association between neighborhood socioeconomic status, neighborhood ethnic composition, and odds of having breast cancer. Asian Community Health Initiative 2013–2014, n=508.
| Estimates of the mediated effect
explaining differences in having breast cancer between residents of
neighborhoods with: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high nSES-high ethnic composition
vs. high nSES-low ethnic composition |
high nSES-high ethnic composition
vs. low nSES-high ethnic composition |
high nSES-high ethnic composition
vs. low nSES-low ethnic composition |
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| POTENTIAL MEDIATORS | Coef. | 95% CI | Coef. | 95% CI | Coef. | 95% CI |
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| ALL POTENTIAL MEDIATORS | −0.11 | (−1.04 – 0.81) | −0.32 | (−1.27 – 0.64) | −0.95 | (−1.95 – 0.05) |
| All Individual SES Factors | −0.01 | (−0.26 – 0.24) | 0.00 | (−0.30 – 0.29) | −0.20 | (−0.51 – 0.10) |
| Education | 0.00 | (−0.13 – 0.14) | 0.12 | (−0.06 – 0.31) | −0.01 | (−0.14 – 0.13) |
| Employment | 0.01 | (−0.18 – 0.19) | −0.05 | (−0.24 – 0.14) | −0.17 | (−0.43 – 0.09) |
| Homeownership | −0.02 | (−0.13 – 0.08) | −0.08 | (−0.23 – 0.08) | −0.02 | (−0.13 – 0.08) |
| Mammogram Frequency | −0.13 | (−0.79 – 0.52) | −0.11 | (−0.76 – 0.56) | −0.40 | (−1.07 – 0.26) |
| All Individual-level or Behavioral Risk Factors | 0.07 | (−0.50 – 0.65) | 0.02 | (−0.56 – 0.60) | −0.21 | (−0.84 – 0.43) |
| Age of menarche | 0.02 | (−0.06 – 0.11) | −0.03 | (−0.12 – 0.07) | −0.02 | (−0.09 – 0.06) |
| Menopausal status/hormone replacement therapy | −0.06 | (−0.50 – 0.38) | −0.05 | (−0.50 – 0.39) | −0.12 | (−0.57 – 0.33) |
| Pregnancy history | 0.06 | (−0.26 – 0.38) | 0.07 | (−0.25 – 0.39) | −0.24 | (−0.65 – 0.17) |
| Months breastfed | 0.00 | (−0.03 – 0.03) | 0.00 | (0.00 – 0.00) | 0.00 | (−0.12 – 0.12) |
| Physical activity | 0.02 | (−0.11 – 0.16) | 0.01 | (−0.13 – 0.14) | 0.07 | (−0.09 – 0.23) |
| BMI | 0.01 | (−0.06 – 0.08) | 0.04 | (−0.07 – 0.14) | 0.02 | (−0.06 – 0.09) |
| All Built Environment Factors | −0.01 | (−0.28 – 0.26) | −0.01 | (−0.28 – 0.27) | 0.05 | (−0.24 – 0.33) |
| Walkability | 0.00 | (−0.03 – 0.04) | 0.00 | (−0.02 – 0.02) | 0.00 | (−0.04 – 0.04) |
| Number of recreational facilities (sqrt) | −0.04 | (−0.29 – 0.22) | 0.02 | (−0.23 – 0.28) | 0.09 | (−0.17 – 0.35) |
| Number of parks (sqrt) | −0.03 | (−0.12 – 0.07) | 0.04 | (−0.07 – 0.16) | 0.06 | (−0.07 – 0.19) |
NOTE: nSES = neighborhood socioeconomic status. CI = confidence interval. BMI = body mass index. All models additionally account for age, marital status, Asian ethnicity, survey language, nativity, family history of breast cancer, urbanicity, and all other potential mediating variables. The mediated effects (a.k.a. indirect effects) were estimated using the KHB method in Stata v.15. Note that all of the 95% confidence intervals for the mediated effects overlap with zero.