Table 4: Regression coefficients for direct and indirect effects for parameters included in path diagram for female shown in Figure 1B.
| Females | Indirect effect | Direct effect | Total effect |
| AST | 0.027 | 0.00 | 0.027 |
| ALT | 0.035 | 0.00 | 0.035 |
| FBS | 0.103 | 0.00 | 0.103 |
| TSH | 0.031 | 0.00 | 0.031 |
| BUN | 0.102 | 0.00 | 0.102 |
| Creatinine | -0.091 | 0.00 | -0.091 |
| LDL | 0.00 | 0.296 | 0.296 |
| Cumulative coefficient | 0.207 | 0.296 | 0.503 |