Table 5 Mediation effects on the mortality.

From: Mediating effect of vascular calcification in galectin-3-related mortality in hemodialysis patients

Effects

Estimate

Bootstrapped 95% CI

β

SE

Lower limit

Upper limit

Indirect effect through AoAC

0.0106

0.0055

0.0015

0.0231

Indirect effect through hsCRP

0.0103

0.0049

0.0028

0.0217

Indirect effect through HDL-C

− 0.0020

0.0024

− 0.0077

0.0021

Indirect effect through BNP

− 0.0001

0.0030

− 0.0063

0.0060

Total indirect effect

0.0188

0.0073

0.0066

0.0352

Total direct effect

0.0368

0.0130

0.0113

0.0622

  1. SE standard error, CI confidence interval, HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol, hsCRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, BNP brain natriuretic peptide, AoAC aortic arch calcification.
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