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Table 5 Profiles of non-sedentary men and factor loadings of the variables based on the principal component analysis

From: Profiles of sedentary and non-sedentary young men – a population-based MOPO study

Variable

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2

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Exercising

Feeling unhappy

Gaming

Unhealthy diet

Symptoms of disordered eating

Good self-rated fitness

0.818

    

High self-rated physical activity

0.756

    

Motivating: Fitness improvement

0.681

    

Good self-rated health

0.666

    

Good measured aerobic fitness

0.661

    

Not restricting: Lack of personal factors

0.500

    

Good self-rated diet

0.481

    

Spending little time with friends

 

0.795

   

Dissatisfaction with life

 

0.730

   

Cannot discuss problems with friends or family

 

0.677

   

Depressive symptoms

 

0.620

   

Low self-esteem

 

0.565

   

High daily time on the Internet

  

0.781

  

Playing a lot of Internet games

  

0.747

  

Not motivating: Health promotion

  

0.410

  

No regular breakfast

   

0.724

 

Low intake of vegetable, berry, or fruit

   

0.649

 

Higher probability to be unemployed

   

0.476

 

Signs of bulimia

    

0.839

Drive to be thin

    

0.610

Variance explained (%)

17.056

8.351

5.769

5.644

4.992

Eigenvalues

5.458

2.672

1.846

1.806

1.598

  1. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy 0.738; Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity, Sig. 0.000