Research Article

The Role of Circulating Tight Junction Proteins in Evaluating Blood Brain Barrier Disruption following Intracranial Hemorrhage

Table 6

Loading scores of variables on the first three significant principal components.

Component 1Component 2Component 3Component 4

ZO-1 (pg/mL)0.882 0.041 0.136 0.058
MMP-9 (ng/mL)0.869 −0.104 0.189 0.185
CLDN5 (pg/mL)0.847 0.114 0.090 0.181
ALB (g/L)0.750 0.086 0.464 −0.017
VEGF (ng/mL)0.582 −0.307 −0.178 −0.224
OCLN (pg/mL)0.457 −0.150 0.383 −0.565
ZO-1 (pg/mL)0.356 0.506 −0.503 0.028
CLDN5 (pg/mL)0.355 0.278 −0.801 −0.061
OCLN (pg/mL)0.279 0.690 −0.238 0.309
WBC (/L)−0.184 −0.005 0.458 0.743
DBP (mmHg)−0.204 0.756 0.469 −0.194
SBP (mmHg)−0.221 0.803 0.318 −0.269

Bold values indicate strong and moderate loadings: Component 1 has strong positive loadings on ZO-1, MMP-9, CLDN5, Alb, VEGF, and OCLN; Component 2 has positive loadings on ZO-1, OCLN, DBP, and SBP; Component 3 has positive loadings on WBC, DBP and negative loadings on ZO-1, CLDN5; Component 4 has positive loadings on WBC and negative loadings on OCLN.