Table 3: Regression coefficients for direct and indirect effects for parameters included in path diagram for male shown in Figure 1A.
| Males | Indirect effect | Direct effect | Total effect |
| FBS | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| TSH | 0.009 | 0.00 | 0.009 |
| BUN | -0.042 | 0.00 | -0.042 |
| Creatinine | 0.054 | 0.00 | 0.054 |
| LDL | 0.00 | 0.219 | -0.219 |
| Cumulative coefficient | 0.031 | 0.219 | 0.250 |