Table 6.

Model paths indicating the direct and indirect associations between the variables of the study.

	Standardized effects		BC 95% CI
Direct	Indirect	Lower	Upper
Australia (n = 2,734)
FWB-- → PACV	−0.09**
FWB-- → CVS	−0.20**
PACV-- → PVH	−0.67**	0.04**	0.02	0.06
CVS-- → PVH	0.11**
FWB-- → PVH	−0.03
China (n = 523)
FWB-- → PACV	0.12*
FWB-- → CVS	0.40**
PACV-- → PVH	0.09*	0.04*	0.01	0.08
CVS-- → PVH	0.08*
FWB-- → PVH	−0.13*
Iran-Pre (n = 1,187)
FWB-- → PACV	−0.16**
FWB-- → CVS	−0.36**
PACV-- → PVH	−0.30**	0.06**	0.04	0.09
CVS-- → PVH	−0.04
FWB-- → PVH	−0.04
Iran-Post (n = 1,260)
FWB-- → PACV	−0.15**
FWB-- → CVS	−0.33**
PACV-- → PVH	−0.41**	0.08**	0.05	0.11
CVS-- → PVH	−0.06*
FWB-- → PVH	0.00
Turkey (n = 369)
FWB-- → PACV	−0.19**
FWB-- → CVS	−0.20**
PACV-- → PVH	−0.31**	0.07**	0.04	0.11
CVS-- → PVH	−0.05
FWB-- → PVH	−0.04

BC 95% CI for standardized indirect effects: bootstrapped bias-corrected and accelerated confidence interval with sample 5000.

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.001,