Table 3

Mediation step 2 showing the relationships between education and potential categorical mediators

Characteristic	OR (95% CI)	p Value*
Body mass index
Overweight (yes^†/no)
Low education^†	1.00
Medium education	0.67 (0.59 to 0.75)	<0.0001
High education	0.44 (0.36 to 0.55)	<0.0001
p trend	<0.0001
Obesity (yes^†/no)
Low education^†	1.00
Medium education	0.65 (0.56 to 0.75)	<0.0001
High education	0.56 (0.41 to 0.75)	0.0001
p trend	<0.0001
Current smoker (yes^†/no)
Low education^†	1.00
Medium education	0.91 (0.83 to 1.45)	0.5345
High education	0.89 (0.65 to 1.20)	0.4417
p trend	0.0402
Fruit consumption (yes^†/no)
Low education^†	1.00
Medium education	1.18 (1.05 to 1.33)	0.0072
High education	1.34 (1.07 to 1.67)	0.0097
p trend	0.0005
Hypertension (yes^†/no)
Low education^†	1.00
Medium education	0.85 (0.75 to 0.95)	0.0050
High education	0.66 (0.53 to 0.82)	0.0002
p trend	<0.0001
Meat consumption (yes^†/no)
Low education^†	1.00
Medium education	0.88 (0.73 to 1.07)	0.2100
High education	0.75 (0.54 to 1.05)	0.0892
p trend	0.0607
Multivitamin consumption (yes^†/no)
Low education^†	1.00
Medium education	1.63 (1.41 to 1.89)	<0.0001
High education	1.88 (1.45 to 2.44)	<0.0001
p trend	<0.0001
Physical activity (yes^†/no)
Low education^†	1.00
Medium education	1.50 (1.33 to 1.69)	<0.0001
High education	1.87 (1.50 to 2.32)	<0.0001
p trend	<0.0001
Vegetable consumption (yes^†/no)
Low education^†	1.00
Medium education	1.35 (1.20 to 1.52)	<0.0001
High education	1.83 (1.48 to 2.28)	<0.0001
p trend	<0.0001