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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2023 Feb 1;180(2):127–138. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.21090961

Table 4.

Summary of parallel mediation analyses of race-related effects on GMV accounting for adversity.

Brain Region Total Effect (c) p-value Total Indirect Effect (ab) p-value Direct Effect (c’) p-value Percentage Mediated
Caudal anterior cingulate+ −0.17 < .001 −0.04 0.006 −0.13 < .001 26.04%
Caudal middle frontal+ −0.29 < .001 −0.09 < .001 −0.20 < .001 30.58%
Lateral orbitofrontal+ −0.45 < .001 −0.03 0.034 −0.41 < .001 7.40%
Medial orbitofrontal −0.03 0.333 −0.02 0.287 −0.01 0.748 -
Pars opercularis −0.31 < .001 0.01 0.613 −0.32 < .001 2.57%
Pars triangularis+ 0.13 < .001 0.06 < .001 0.08 0.02 42.42%
Pars orbitalis+ −0.19 < .001 −0.04 0.008 −0.15 < .001 21.88%
Rostral anterior cingulate −0.29 < .001 −0.03 0.098 −0.27 < .001 8.93%
Rostral middle frontal 0.02 0.597 −0.09 < .001 0.10 0.001 -
Superior frontal+ −0.20 < .001 −0.10 < .001 −0.10 0.003 50.76%
Frontal pole+ −0.19 < .001 −0.04 0.006 −0.15 < .001 23.28%
Insula 0.05 0.116 0.02 0.155 0.02 0.501 -
Hippocampus −0.12 < .001 −0.01 0.765 −0.11 < .001 4.27%
Amygdala −0.14 < .001 −0.01 0.582 −0.13 < .001 6.67%

Note: Gray matter volume (GMV) estimated from residuals of linear mixed effects models that included age, gender, scanner, and family relatedness (i.e., the isolated race-related effect). Percentage mediated is calculated by ab/c * 100.

+

Symbol indicates model met criteria for partial or full mediation. Percentage mediated omitted for regions in which no significant total effect was observed.