Research Article

Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Antioxidants Contribute to Selected Sleep Quality and Cardiometabolic Health Relationships: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Indirect effect of mediators on the sleep quality-metabolic syndrome and sleep quality-number of MetS components relationship.

Mediator (95%  )
MetSMetSNumber of MetS components

C-Reactive Protein (nM)0.0120.014 (−0.007, 0.035)0.011 (−0.004, 0.026)
-Glutamyl transferase (U/L)0.0220.042 (−0.006, 0.090)0.011 (−0.003, 0.025)
Bilirubin (µM)0.0060.006 (−0.001, 0.013)0.006 (−0.001, 0.012)
Carotenoids (µM)0.0020.002 (−0.012, 0.016)0.001 (−0.010, 0.013)
Uric acid (µM)−0.009−0.011 (−0.038, 0.017)−0.008 (−0.030, 0.013)
Vitamin A (µM) 0.0170.016  0.015 
Vitamin C (µM) 0.0190.018  0.014 
Vitamin D (nM)−0.004−0.005 (−0.024, 0.014)−0.004 (−0.021, 0.013)
Vitamin E (µM) −0.015−0.016 (−0.040, 0.008)−0.014 (−0.035, 0.006)

MetS is metabolic syndrome. and are indirect effect. Significant for Joint test, and bold means significant for Sobel test.