Table 5.

Mediation Path of the Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Category

	Effect	Bootstrap 95% CI	P value	% Total effect
Binary food insecurity
Total effect	0.057	0.019–0.095	0.005
Total indirect effects	0.052	0.03–0.076	<0.001	91.2%
Direct effect of food insecurity	0.005	−0.04 to 0.047	0.83	…
Indirect paths
Nutrition/anthropometric	0.018	0.011–0.26	<0.001	31.6%
Psychological/mental health	0.025	0.005–0.046	0.02	43.9%
Access to care	0.009	0.003–0.017	0.005	15.8%
Categorical food insecurity
Total effect	0.034	0.017–0.049	<0.001
Total indirect effects	0.025	0.014–0.036	<0.001	73.5%
Direct effect of food insecurity	0.009	−0.009 to 0.027	0.35	…
Indirect paths
Nutrition/anthropometric	0.008	0.005–0.012	<0.001	23.5%
Psychological/mental health	0.011	0.001–0.021	0.03	44.0%
Access to care	0.005	0.003–0.008	<0.001	14.7%