Research Article

Hostility Modifies the Association between TV Viewing and Cardiometabolic Risk

Table 4

Chi-square tests for difference testing between the low and high hostility groups, CARDIA, 1990–2005.

Chi-square test for difference testingValue dfaP value

Baseline versus structural invariance450.91109<0.001
Structural invariance versus partial structural invariance
 6 cross-lagged associations27.996<0.001
 3 associations of TV on cardiometabolic risk21.263<0.001
 TV 5 → cardiometabolic risk 108.7210.003
 TV 10 → cardiometabolic risk 1515.211<0.001
 TV 15 → cardiometabolic risk 208.9910.003
 Cardiometabolic risk 7 → TV 104.8410.03
 Cardiometabolic risk 10 → TV 156.910.009
 Cardiometabolic risk 15 → TV 201.3710.24

adf: degree of freedom.