Indirect effects of education on mortality through the mediators in the total sample and across cohorts (DCS)
| Behavioural factors | DCS-1 | DCS-2 | Difference in LN survival TR | |||
| STR | 95% CI | STR | 95% CI | STR | 95% CI | |
| Through smoking | ||||||
| Through former smoking | 1.00020 | 0.9988 to 1.00341 | 1.00150 | 1.00020 to 1.00904 | 1.00130 | 0.99950 to 1.00864 |
| Through current smoking | 1.00010 | 1.00000 to 1.00351 | 1.00521 | 1.00020 to 1.01857 | 1.00511 | 1.00000 to 1.01847 |
| <5 glasses a week | 1.00280 | 1.00010 to 1.01400 | 0.99900 | 0.98758 to 1.00130 | 0.99611 | 0.98295 to 1.00040 |
| >5 glasses a week | 0.99750 | 0.99283 to 1.00000 | 1.00060 | 0.99710 to 1.00753 | 1.00310 | 0.99661 to 1.00874 |
| Through physical activity | 1.00020 | 0.9996 to 1.00160 | 1.00010 | 0.99900 to 1.00160 | 1.00000 | 0.99840 to 1.00160 |
| Through BMI | 1.00220 | 0.9982 to 1.00602 | 0.99950 | 0.99332 to 1.00511 | 0.99730 | 0.99611 to 1.01056 |
| Social factors | ||||||
| Through marital status | ||||||
| Via divorced | 0.99581 | 0.99681 to 1.00100 | 1.01258 | 1.00250 to 1.03004 | 1.01684 | 0.99840 to 1.04488 |
| Via married | 1.00010 | 0.99491 to 1.00250 | 1.00381 | 1.00040 to 1.01684 | 1.00371 | 0.99960 to 1.01603 |
| Psychological factors | ||||||
| Through information processing speed | 1.02963 | 1.01969 to 1.04331 | 1.01511 | 1.00501 to 1.02737 | 0.98590 | 0.97132 to 1.00060 |
| Through episodic memory | 1.02388 | 1.01501 to 1.03087 | 1.03541 | 1.00260 to 1.05138 | 1.01116 | 0.97239 to 1.00632 |
STR, survival time ratio, which is calculated exp(B), adjusted for age and sex.
BMI, body mass index.