Figure 2. Structural equation path models of proposed direct and indirect effects among chronic psychosocial stress, hip circumference, fasting glucose, and common carotid intimal–medial thickness (CCIMT) for the 2 genotype groups (TT and CT/CC) of Early B‐cell Factor 1 (EBF1) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs4704963:T4C in White MESA participants.
Values represent unstandardized path (slope) coefficients. Data were adjusted for ancestry stratification in a preliminary step. Not depicted in the figure are age and sex, which were included as covariates, adjusting all paths leading to hip circumference, glucose, and CCIMT. Glucose and CCIMT were transformed using the natural logarithm. (Adapted from Singh et al 3 ; https://www.nature.com/articles/ejhg2014189).