Research Article

Metabolic Syndrome Derived from Principal Component Analysis and Incident Cardiovascular Events: The Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC)

Table 2

The correlation between the original elements of metabolic syndrome and MetS-PC (first principal component).

MetS componentsMetS-PC

Waist circumference0.56 (0.54,0.58)
Systolic blood pressure0.61 (0.60,0.63)
Diastolic blood pressure0.56 (0.54,0.57)
Glucose0.44 (0.42,0.45)
High-density lipoprotein−0.51 (−0.53,−0.49)
Triglyceride0.51 (0.49,0.53)