Fig. 3

Modeling of Δhs-CRP as a mediator of the effect of LIPC on ΔTyG-BMI. The presented effect size of each relationship was a standardized coefficient. The mediation effect was considered to be significant if the 95% confidence interval (CI) did not include zero, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. LIPC significantly affected Δhs-CRP and ΔTyG-BMI. (Coefficient = -4.34, P < 0.01; Coefficient = -9.06, P < 0.01). Δhs-CRP significantly affected ΔTyG-BMI. (Coefficient = 0.66, p < 0.05)