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Table 7 Social capital as a mediating factor on the association between educational achievement and chronic diseases management, among Chinese adults aged 45 years and abovea

From: Socio-economic inequalities in the chronic diseases management among Chinese adults aged 45 years and above: a cross sectional study

Dependent variables

Indirect effect via social participation

Indirect effect via perceived helpfulness

Direct effect

Total effect of education

 

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Health checks

0.0077

(0.0055, 0.0109)

0.0000

(−0.0004, 0.0007)

0.0933

(0.0718, 0.1128)

0.1011

(0.0805, 0.1204)

Hypertension

 Diagnosis

0.0044

(0.0007, 0.0091)

0.0013

(−0.0000, 0.0040)

0.0671

(0.0248, 0.1040)

0.0728

(0.0292, 0.1085)

Among diagnosed

 Condition monitoring

0.0064

(0.0001, 0.0162)

0.0000

(−0.0015, 0.0152)

0.0796

(0.0107, 0.1385)

0.0860

(0.0200, 0.1428)

 Health education

0.0054

(0.0007, 0.0126)

0.0000

(−0.0014, 0.0011)

0.0940

(0.0512, 0.1375)

0.0995

(0.0579, 0.1412)

 On medication

−0.0022

(−0.0108, 0.0052)

− 0.0000

(− 0.0019, 0.0014)

0.0980

(0.0374, 0.1472)

0.0958

(0.0433, 0.1480)

 Control

0.0057

(0.0017, 0.0115)

0.0001

(−0.0003, 0.0012)

0.0259

(−0.0273, 0.0780)

0.0317

(−0.0172, 0.0852)

Diabetes

 Diagnosis

0.0069

(0.0013, 0.0159)

0.0005

(−0.0008, 0.0056)

0.0686

(−0.0069, 0.1373)

0.0760

(0.0021, 0.1450)

Among diagnosed

 Condition monitoring

0.0120

(0.0002, 0.0343)

−0.0025

(− 0.0183, 0.0033)

0.0910

(− 0.0271, 0.1804)

0.1005

(− 0.0194, 0.1956)

 Health education

0.0042

(−0.0012, 0.0186)

−0.0042

(− 0.0196, 0.0011)

0.0056

(− 0.1004, 0.1172)

0.0056

(− 0.0954, 0.1155)

 On medication

−0.0015

(− 0.0166, 0.0030)

0.0009

(− 0.0030, 0.0099)

0.0529

(− 0.0405, 0.1414)

0.0523

(− 0.0413, 0.1358)

 Control

0.0019

(−0.0058, 0.0153)

0.0022

(−0.0020, 0.0218)

0.0008

(−0.1180, 0.0953)

0.0049

(−0.1130, 0.1037)

Dyslipidemia

 Diagnosis

0.0055

(0.0003, 0.0099)

0.0007

(−0.0003, 0.0023)

0.1513

(0.1103, 0.2009)

0.1575

(0.1171, 0.2057)

Among diagnosed

 On medication

−0.0045

(− 0.0137, 0.0025)

0.0002

(− 0.0012, 0.0057)

−0.0492

(− 0.1485, 0.0252)

−0.0534

(− 0.1318, 0.0283)

 Control

−0.0020

(− 0.0144, 0.0064)

−0.0001

(− 0.0064, 0.0023)

−0.0235

(− 0.1111, 0.0752)

−0.0256

(− 0.1102, 0.0740)

  1. a Adjusting for age, sex, marital status, smoke, drink, social health insurance. Bolded coefficients are statistically significant at the P level of 0.05