Influence of Biomedical Factors on the Five Viscera Score (FVS) on Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals: Application of Structural Equation Modeling

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MIMIC model of the liver by the structure equation modeling. The square of the figure is an observation variable, and the central circle is a latent variable. “e” means an error. For an example, we cast sex (male 0, female 1) and age as well as medical data into the left side adopted by exploratory model specialization across the liver which is a latent capacity variable. Subscale items of the FVS are set in the right side.