Structural equation modeling to identify the risk factors of diabetes in the adult population of North India

Tripathy, Jaya Prasad; Thakur, J S; Jeet, Gursimer; Jain, Sanjay

doi:10.1186/s41182-018-0104-y

Tropical Medicine and Health

Table 2 Coefficient and standard error of the final SEM model of risk factors for diabetes in the STEPwise approach to surveillance 2015 survey—Punjab, India among adults aged 18–69 years

From: Structural equation modeling to identify the risk factors of diabetes in the adult population of North India

Variables	Coefficient	Standard error	p value	95% CI lower upper
Direct effects
Fasting blood glucose
Waist circumference	0.177	0.051	0.001	0.076	0.278
Systolic blood pressure	0.107	0.035	0.003	0.038	0.177
Triglyceride	0.046	0.008	< 0.001	0.030	0.062
Alcohol use	0	(No path)
Weekly fruit intake	0	(No path)
Age	0.464	0.056	< 0.001	0.353	0.574
Urban residence	3.124	1.337	0.020	0.502	5.746
Family h/o diabetes	4.473	1.593	0.005	1.350	7.597
Waist circumference
Alcohol use	1.521	0.605	0.05	0.305	2.764
Weekly fruit intake	−0.044	0.018	0.01	− 0.079	− 0.009
Age	0.441	0.020	< 0.001	0.401	0.481
Family h/o diabetes	4.104	0.655	< 0.001	2.819	5.389
Triglycerides
Age	0.264	0.127	0.03	0.015	0.513
Systolic blood pressure
Waist circumference	0.266	0.028	< 0.001	0.210	0.321
Alcohol use	10.402	1.100	< 0.001	8.245	12.559
Weekly fruit intake	0	(No path)
Age	0.491	0.030	< 0.001	0.431	0.551
Family h/o diabetes	0	(No path)
Indirect effects
Fasting blood glucose
Waist circumference	0.028	0.003	< 0.001	0.022	0.034
Systolic blood pressure	0	(No path)
Triglyceride	0	(No path)
Alcohol use	1.430	0.428	0.001	0.591	2.268
Weekly fruit intake	−0.009	0.004	0.034	−0.017	−0.001
Age	0.156	0.029	< 0.001	0.098	0.213
Urban residence	0	(No path)
Family h/o diabetes	0.844	0.247	0.001	0.359	1.329
Waist circumference
Alcohol use	0	(No path)
Weekly fruit intake	0	(No path)
Age	0	(No path)
Family h/o diabetes	0	(No path)
Triglycerides
Age	0	(No path)
Systolic blood pressure
Waist circumference	0	(No path)
Alcohol use	0.404	0.216	0.061	− 0.018	0.827
Weekly fruit intake	− 0.012	0.005	0.016	− 0.021	− 0.002
Age	0.117	0.014	< 0.001	0.090	0.144
Family h/o diabetes	1.09	0.210	< 0.001	0.679	1.501
Total effects
Fasting blood glucose
Waist circumference	0.206	0.051	< 0.001	0.105	0.306
Systolic blood pressure	0.107	0.035	0.003	0.038	0.177
Triglyceride	0.046	0.008	< 0.001	0.030	0.062
Alcohol use	1.430	0.428	0.001	0.591	2.268
Weekly fruit intake	− 0.009	0.004	0.034	− 0.017	− 0.001
Age	0.619	0.049	< 0.001	0.522	0.716
Urban residence	3.124	1.338	0.02	0.502	5.746
Family h/o diabetes	5.317	1.586	0.001	2.208	8.427
Waist circumference
Alcohol use	1.521	0.655	0.05	0.234	2.915
Weekly fruit intake	− 0.044	0.018	0.013	− 0.079	− 0.009
Age	0.441	0.020	< 0.001	0.401	0.481
Family h/o diabetes	4.104	0.656	< 0.001	2.819	5.389
Triglycerides
Age	0.264	0.127	0.038	0.015	0.513
Systolic blood pressure
Waist circumference	0.266	0.028	< 0.001	0.210	0.321
Alcohol use	10.806	1.120	< 0.001	8.611	13.001
Weekly fruit intake	− 0.012	0.005	0.016	− 0.021	− 0.002
Age	0.608	0.028	< 0.001	0.552	0.664
Family h/o diabetes	1.090	0.210	< 0.001	0.679	1.501

SEM structural equation modeling, SEM model endogenous variables are waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, triglyceride, fasting blood glucose; exogenous variables are alcohol use, weekly fruit intake, place of residence, age, family history, education and occupation, CI confidence interval

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