Research Article
Creation of an Adiposity Index for Children Aged 6–8 Years: The Gateshead Millennium Study
Table 2
Loadings for each of the three components created in the factor analysis, for each variable included within it.
| Variable | Component 1 | Component 2 | Component 3 |
| Age (years) | −0.008 | 0.002 | 0.972 | Height (cm) | −0.053 | 0.829 | 0.216 | Shoulders (mm) | 0.110 | 0.720 | 0.168 | Elbow (mm) | 0.104 | 0.774 | −0.108 | Wrist (mm) | 0.012 | 0.838 | −0.096 | Hip (mm) | 0.409 | 0.422 | 0.040 | Knee (mm) | 0.020 | 0.904 | −0.099 | Waist (cm) | 0.597 | 0.426 | −0.011 | Subscapular skinfold (mm) | 0.934 | 0.011 | 0.004 | Triceps skinfold (mm) | 0.963 | −0.070 | −0.028 | Biceps skinfold (mm) | 0.954 | −0.041 | −0.058 | Suprailiac skinfold (mm) | 0.899 | 0.047 | −0.020 | Fat mass score | 0.907 | −0.072 | 0.109 | Lean mass score | −0.135 | 0.990 | −0.005 |
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