Comparative Analysis of Some Structural Equation Model Estimation Methods with Application to Coronary Heart Disease Risk

Table 5

Standardized pathways and type of effects of Model 2.

Standardized pathways of Model 2
Hypothesis	Structural pathways	Path coefficients (standardized)		value
	Obesity  blood pressure	0.209		0.027
	Obesity  coronary risk	0.215		0.029
	Blood pressure  coronary risk	0.096		0.397
	PG  blood pressure	0.089		0.317
	Obesity  PG	0.092		0.351
	Fasting blood sugar  blood pressure	0.051		0.570
	Age  visceral fat	0.336
	Age  waist circumference	0.249
	Age  obesity	0.254		0.010
	Age  blood pressure	0.391
	Age  coronary risk	0.161		0.116
	Age  fasting blood sugar	0.216		0.019
	Age  PG	0.156		0.102
Types of effects in Model 2
Structural pathways	Through	Direct effect	Indirect effect					Total effect
Obesity  blood pressure		0.209	NA					0.209
Obesity  coronary risk	Blood pressure	0.215	0.020		0.235
Age  coronary risk	Obesity	0.161	0.055		0.216
Obesity   blood pressure		0.209	0.008		0.217
Age  coronary risk	Blood pressure	0.161	0.038		0.199
Age  fasting blood sugar		0.216	NA					0.216
Age  blood pressure	Obesity	0.391	0.053		0.444
Fasting blood sugar  blood pressure		0.051	NA					0.051

, , and . PG: postprandial glucose.