Impact of Sociodemographic Characteristics, Lifestyle, and Obesity on Coexistence of Diabetes and Hypertension: A Structural Equation Model Analysis amongst Chinese Adults

Table 3

Direct and indirect effects of obesity, lifestyle, health knowledge, and sociodemographic characteristics on CDH.

Variables	Path coefficient (95% CI)
	Total	Direct	Indirect
Obesity	0.353 (0.321, 0.386)	0.353 (0.321, 0.386)	0
Health knowledge	−0.089 (−0.1032, −0.072)	0	−0.089 (−0.1032, −0.072)
Sociodemographic characteristics	0.315 (0.278, 0.352)	0.187 (0.157, 0.217)	0.128 (0.121, 0.135)
Lifestyle	0.784 (0.746, 0.824)	0.739 (0.711, 0.767)	0.045 (0.035, 0.057)

(two-tailed test).