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Table 6 Results from mediation analysis

From: Impact of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection on reproductive outcomes among infertile women undergoing tubal flushing: a retrospective cohort at a fertility centre in Uganda

Mediator variable

Indirect effect (%) a

Mediator coefficient

Bias

Bootstrap standard error

Bias corrected 95% Confidence interval

Bilateral tubal blockage

51.3 b; 46.7 c

−0.113 b; −0.092 c

0.007 b

0.005 c

0.026 b; 0.231 c

[− 0.149, − 0.055] b

[− 0.125, − 0.049] c

Grade II and III tubal blockage

57.3 b; 57 c

−0.2 b; − 0.178 c

0.008 b

0.005 c

0.086 b; 0.079 c

[−0.368, − 0.057]b

[− 0.319, − 0.039] c

Uterine filling defects

11.7 b; 12.6 c

−0.026 b; − 0.025 c

−0.003 b

− 0.002 c

0.018 b; 0.015 c

[−0.069, − 0.003] b

[− 0.064, − 0.004] c

  1. aeffect of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection on outcome that is indirect via the mediator variable.; bmediation on clinical pregnancy; cmediation on live birth