Table 3.

Relationship between education, vascular risk factors, and SVaD.

	β	SE	p-value
Education—SVaD
Direct effects
Education → SVaD	−0.084	0.016	<0.001
Education—Hypertension—SVaD
Direct effects
Education → hypertension	−0.035	0.012	0.004
Hypertension → SVaD	0.436	0.137	0.001
Indirect effects
Education → hypertension → SVaD	−0.015	0.007	0.037
Education—DM—SVaD
Direct effects
Education → DM	−0.008	0.013	0.556
DM → SVaD	0.094	0.133	0.480
Indirect effects
Education → DM → SVaD	−0.001	0.002	0.759

Covariates: age, sex.

SVaD, subcortical vascular dementia; DM, diabetes mellitus; SE, standardized error.