Table 3

Factors, Loadings, and Sums of Squared Loadings in All Data (Males (M) and Females (F)), and by Gender (M, F) (Varimax Rotation)

Factor 1 (Obesity)

Sample

BMI*

%BF

WHR

WAIST

INS

GLUC

SBP

DBP

LDL

HDL

TG

SS Loadings


Blacks

M+F (1422)

0.95†

0.71

0.32

0.86

0.42

-0.20

0.13

2.49

M (483)

0.92

0.71

0.65

0.95

0.46

-0.15

0.11

0.11

-0.21

0.14

2.91

F (939)

0.96

0.71

0.23

0.84

0.40

-0.22

0.14

2.43

Whites

M+F (1470)

0.94

0.77

0.40

0.86

0.46

-0.26

0.14

-0.11

0.11

2.69

M (721)

0.94

0.76

0.55

0.93

0.48

-0.26

-0.13

0.16

2.99

F (749)

0.94

0.81

0.31

0.84

0.46

-0.28

0.18

-0.11

0.11

2.69


Factor 2 (BP)

Sample

BMI

%BF

WHR

WAIST

INS

GLUC

SBP

DBP

LDL

HDL

TG

SS Loadings


Blacks

M+F (1422)

0.99

0.76

1.58

M (483)

0.13

0.83

0.83

1.42

F (939)

0.99

0.77

1.59

Whites

M+F (1470)

0.13

0.88

0.76

1.39

M (721)

0.14

0.87

0.80

1.41

F (749)

0.12

-0.14

0.98

0.65

0.11

1.45


Factor 3 (Lipids)

Sample

BMI

%BF

WHR

WAIST

INS

GLUC

SBP

DBP

LDL

HDL

TG

SS Loadings


Blacks

M+F (1422)

0.22

0.19

0.31

0.24

0.52

-0.43

0.27

-0.57

0.64

1.49

M (483)

0.17

0.12

0.29

0.18

0.48

-0.19

-0.72

0.65

1.37

F (939)

0.18

0.11

0.29

0.21

0.49

-0.41

0.32

-0.55

0.59

1.32

Whites

M+F (1470)

0.23

0.17

0.27

0.21

0.51

-0.27

-0.68

0.64

1.41

M (721)

0.14

0.41

-0.18

-0.18

-0.75

0.61

1.20

F (749)

0.25

0.19

0.24

0.23

0.5

-0.34

0.11

0.22

-0.70

0.60

1.44


Factor 4 (Central Obesity)

Sample

BMI

%BF

WHR

WAIST

INS

GLUC

SBP

DBP

LDL

HDL

TG

SS Loadings


Blacks

M+F (1422)

0.90

0.40

0.15

-0.13

0.11

1.03

M (483)

-0.19

0.37

0.11

0.2

F (939)

0.93

0.44

0.15

-0.16

0.11

1.13

Whites

M+F (1470)

0.16

0.69

0.47

-0.10

0.76

M (721)

0.11

0.57

0.27

-0.11

0.13

0.45

F (749)

0.92

0.44

0.14

1.10


* Variables were adjusted for age and center within ethnicity and gender (see Material and Methods)

GLUC negative loadings are result of inverse squared power transformation of the original GLUC;† Loadings ≥ 0.4 are in bold

Kraja et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2005 2:2   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-2-2

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