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Table 4 Mediation analysis - females: Linear probability fixed-effects estimates

From: Economic conditions, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease: analysis of the Icelandic economic collapse

Dependent variable

Hypertension

 

Cardiovascular Disease

 
 

dy/dx

Robust SE

 

dy/dx

Robust SE

 

Without mediators

 t2012

0.0739

0.0341

**

-0.0414

0.0145

***

BMI included

 t2012

0.0489

0.0326

 

-0.0391

0.0146

***

 1 if underweight

0.0341

0.0352

 

-0.0068

0.0088

 

 1 if overweight

0.0222

0.0161

 

-0.0113

0.0094

 

 1 if obese

0.0283

0.0236

 

-0.0194

0.0117

*

Alcohol included

 t2012

0.0705

0.0347

**

-0.0434

0.0149

***

 1 if daily drinker

-0.0239

0.0548

 

0.0152

0.0182

 

 1 if frequent drinker

-0.0610

0.0421

 

0.0106

0.0183

 

 1 if seldom drinker

-0.0461

0.0399

 

-0.0044

0.0178

 

 1 if rare drinker

-0.0408

0.0372

 

0.0032

0.0179

 

Smoking included

 t2012

0.0730

0.0350

**

-0.0421

0.0149

***

 1 if daily smoker

-0.0141

0.0349

 

0.0040

0.0069

 

 1 if weekly smoker

-0.0082

0.0452

 

0.0053

0.0062

 

 1 if seldom smoker

-0.0246

0.0348

 

0.0038

0.0036

 

Perceived status in society included

 t2012

0.0632

0.0354

*

-0.0440

0.0149

***

 1 if much better

-0.0034

0.0627

 

-0.0007

0.0050

 

 1 if considerably better

0.0184

0.0198

 

0.0025

0.0081

 

 1 if somewhat better

0.0095

0.0128

 

-0.0001

0.0047

 

 1 if somewhat worse

-0.0131

0.0145

 

-0.0050

0.0064

 

 1 if considerably worse

0.0335

0.0255

 

0.0084

0.0115

 

 1 if much worse

0.0537

0.0563

 

-0.0588

0.0548

 

Stress included

 t2012

0.0871

0.0352

**

-0.0433

0.0151

***

 pss

-0.0018

0.0034

 

0.0008

0.0017

 

Unemployment included

 t2012

0.0661

0.0347

*

-0.0358

0.0123

***

 1 if unemployed

0.0117

0.0247

 

0.0301

0.0166

*

Income included

t2012

0.0808

0.0355

**

-0.0468

0.0161

***

real income

-0.0071

0.0038

*

0.0013

0.001

 

Working hours included

 t2012

0.0874

0.0351

**

-0.0428

0.0154

***

 working hours per workday

-0.0043

0.0016

***

-0.0006

0.0004

 
  1. Sample weights are applied. Covariates controlled for are number of children, marital status, residence, presciption medication, and short-term crisis coefficient (t2009). *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01