Hi everyone.
I want to use sem or gsem to evaluate the associations of different patterns of weight change 1 year after delivery and metabolic outcomes 6 years after delivery. My independent variable is categorical (4 levels). My outcome variables, total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol, are continuous, as well as my mediating variable (BMI at 6 years). I want to adjust by some sociodemographic variables (some categorical and some continuous). My question is which type of model (sem vs gsem) is more appropriate considering that my independent variable is categorical and my dependent variable is continuous?
Thanks