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Table 2 Output from linear PLS analysis for men and women with one and two components with scaled variables for Age, Period and Cohort 1

From: Age-period-cohort analysis for trends in body mass index in Ireland

Variables

Males

Females

 

1-Component

2-Component

1-Component

2-Component

 

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Age

0.029

(0.026, 0.033)

0.030

(0.027, 0.034)

0.029

(0.025, 0.033)

0.0293

(0.025, 0.033)

Period

0.039

(0.026, 0.051)

0.079

(0.055, 0.098)

0.055

(0.039, 0.070)

0.1023

(0.078, 0.126)

Cohort

−0.026

(−0.030, -0.024)

−0.024

(−0.028, -0.022)

−0.025

(−0.029, -0.022)

−0.0224

(−0.026, -0.019)

R2

4.91%

5.08%

3.36%

3.54%

  1. 1 Explicitly, the components are w1 = 0.029*Age + 0.039*Period-0.026*Cohort and w2 = 0.001*Age + 0.04*Period + 0.002*Cohort for men and w1 = 0.029*Age + 0.055*Period-0.025*Cohort and w2 = 0.0003*Age + 0.0473*Period + 0.002*Cohort for women.
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