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Table 3 Factor Loading Pattern in the Final Factor Analysis Models

From: Identification of a pleiotropic locus on chromosome 7q for a composite left ventricular wall thickness factor and body mass index: the HyperGEN Study

 

African American

White

Variables

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 1

Factor 2

LV posterior wall thickness

0.95

0.01

0.93

0.03

Interventricular septal thickness

0.91

0.03

0.89

0.05

Stress-corrected midwall shortening

-0.57

0.11

-0.53

0.07

LV transmitral atrial phase peak filling velocity

0.06

0.50

0.08

0.46

LV transmitral early peak filling velocity

-0.07

0.88

-0.10

0.89

Common variance

2.07

1.04

1.97

1.02

% common variance

66.6

33.4

65.9

34.1

% total variance

41.4

20.8

39.4

20.4

  1. Factor 1, named LV wall thickness factor;
  2. Factor 2, named LV diastolic filling factor.