Table 3 Rotated (varimax) principal component loadings of CVD risk factors across all participants and stratified by sex
Variable | Principal component (total sample) | Boys | Girls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
Body Mass index | 0.87 | 0.28 | 0.81 | 0.33 | 0.90 | 0.29 |
Waist circumference | 0.89 | 0.24 | 0.87 | 0.30 | 0.90 | 0.25 |
Body Fat | 0.88 | 0.27 | 0.84 | 0.34 | 0.89 | 0.27 |
Acanthosis Nigricans | 0.57 | 0.08 | 0.48 | 0.39 | 0.61 | -0.02 |
Diastolic blood pressure | 0.08 | 0.85 | 0.00 | 0.85 | 0.07 | 0.86 |
Systolic blood pressure | 0.13 | 0.86 | 0.13 | 0.80 | 0.09 | 0.88 |
HDL-cholesterol | -0.51 | 0.11 | -0.43 | 0.09 | -0.56 | 0.08 |
Triglycerides | 0.45 | -0.15 | 0.52 | -0.20 | 0.41 | -0.08 |
LDL-cholesterol | 0.31 | 0.13 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.05 |
Cardiorespiratory Fitness | -0.43 | -0.14 | -0.45 | -0.13 | -0.41 | -0.15 |
SS Loading | 3.42 | 1.74 | 3.11 | 1.93 | 3.52 | 1.76 |
Proportion variance | 34% | 17% | 31% | 19% | 35% | 18% |
Cumulative variance | 34% | 52% | 31% | 50% | 35% | 53% |