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. 2022 Mar 7;11:e70386. doi: 10.7554/eLife.70386

Appendix 1—table 6. CAUSE expected log pointwise posterior density (ELPD) results for central adiposity and fat percentage.

Vigorous physical activity → BFP BFP → vigorous physical activity
Model 1 Model 2 Delta_ELPD SE_delta_ELPD z Delta_ELPD SE_delta_ELPD z
Null Sharing –23.55 4.67 –5.04 –360.48 24.46 –14.74
Null Causal –25.11 5.00 –5.02 –361.77 24.49 –14.77
Sharing Causal –1.56 0.33 –4.68 –1.30 0.17 –7.77
Moderate physical activity → BFP BFP → Moderate physical activity
Null Sharing –8.71 2.60 –3.34 –170.46 17.46 –9.76
Null Causal –10.11 3.13 –3.23 –171.50 17.63 –9.73
Sharing Causal –1.40 0.53 –2.65 –1.03 0.54 –1.90
Sedentary time → BFP BFP → Sedentary time
Null Sharing –9.74 3.30 –2.95 –143.04 15.86 –9.02
Null Causal –11.01 3.83 –2.87 –144.25 16.13 –8.94
Sharing Causal –1.27 0.54 –2.38 –1.21 0.36 –3.41
Vigorous physical activity → WCadjBMI WCadjBMI → Vigorous physical activity
Delta_ELPD SE_delta_ELPD z Delta_ELPD SE_delta_ELPD z
Null Sharing 0.57 0.07 7.71 –6.37 3.13 –2.03
Null Causal 1.36 0.15 9.28 –7.16 3.65 –1.96
Sharing Causal 0.79 0.07 10.60 –0.79 0.54 –1.46
Moderate physical activity → WCadjBMI WCadjBMI → Moderate physical activity
Null Sharing 0.50 0.56 0.89 –4.83 2.96 –1.63
Null Causal 1.01 0.87 1.16 –5.40 3.58 –1.51
Sharing Causal 0.51 0.36 1.44 –0.56 0.65 –0.87
Sedentary time → WCadjBMI WCadjBMI → Sedentary time
Null Sharing 0.55 0.07 7.56 –7.59 3.34 –2.27
Null Causal 1.39 0.16 8.55 –8.61 3.97 –2.17
Sharing Causal 0.83 0.09 9.21 –1.02 0.65 –1.56
Vigorous physical activity → WHRadjBMI WHRadjBMI → Vigorous physical activity
Delta_ELPD SE_delta_ELPD z Delta_ELPD SE_delta_ELPD z
Null Sharing –0.91 1.19 –0.77 0.06 0.84 0.07
Null Causal –1.68 2.10 –0.80 0.31 1.52 0.21
Sharing Causal –0.77 0.91 –0.85 0.26 0.68 0.37
Moderate physical activity → WHRadjBMI WHRadjBMI → Moderate physical activity
Null Sharing 0.48 0.16 3.00 0.22 0.77 0.28
Null Causal 0.92 0.56 1.63 0.44 1.44 0.30
Sharing Causal 0.44 0.41 1.09 0.22 0.67 0.32
Sedentary time → WHRadjBMI WHRadjBMI → Sedentary time
Null Sharing 0.57 0.11 5.29 –6.72 3.44 –1.95
Null Causal 1.37 0.28 4.83 –7.31 4.03 –1.81
Sharing Causal 0.80 0.18 4.48 –0.59 0.61 –0.97

BFP, body fat percentage; WCadjBMI, waist cirumference adjusted for body mass index; WHRadjBMI, waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index, SE, standard error; NA, not applicable; CI, 95% confidence interval.