Table 2 Factor loadings and communalities of anthropometric measures using a two-factor solution in boys and girlsa.
From: Genetic regulation of body size and morphology in children: a twin study of 22 anthropometric traits
First factor | Second factor | Communalities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
Weight measures | ||||||
Weight | 0.625 | 0.818 | 0.775 | 0.574 | 0.991 | 0.999 |
BMI | 0.830 | 0.985 | 0.480 | 0.164 | 0.919 | 0.996 |
Skinfolds | ||||||
Triceps | 0.928 | 0.796 | 0.153 | 0.225 | 0.884 | 0.684 |
Biceps | 0.887 | 0.734 | 0.134 | 0.142 | 0.805 | 0.559 |
Subscapular | 0.876 | 0.798 | 0.288 | 0.185 | 0.851 | 0.672 |
Suprailiac | 0.906 | 0.806 | 0.25 | 0.264 | 0.883 | 0.719 |
Calf | 0.877 | 0.696 | 0.145 | 0.331 | 0.791 | 0.593 |
Front thigh | 0.899 | 0.726 | 0.156 | 0.278 | 0.832 | 0.604 |
Abdominal | 0.915 | 0.778 | 0.219 | 0.234 | 0.885 | 0.660 |
Circumferences | ||||||
Waist | 0.770 | 0.876 | 0.547 | 0.309 | 0.892 | 0.863 |
Hip | 0.702 | 0.809 | 0.663 | 0.511 | 0.932 | 0.916 |
Upper arm | 0.773 | 0.856 | 0.496 | 0.312 | 0.843 | 0.831 |
Upper arm flexed | 0.703 | 0.832 | 0.510 | 0.326 | 0.754 | 0.799 |
Forearm | 0.583 | 0.771 | 0.625 | 0.442 | 0.731 | 0.790 |
Thigh | 0.719 | 0.828 | 0.582 | 0.414 | 0.856 | 0.857 |
Calf | 0.570 | 0.789 | 0.647 | 0.433 | 0.743 | 0.811 |
Diameters | ||||||
Biacromial | 0.203 | 0.476 | 0.760 | 0.603 | 0.619 | 0.589 |
Bicristal | 0.403 | 0.521 | 0.709 | 0.603 | 0.665 | 0.636 |
Humerus | 0.249 | 0.431 | 0.779 | 0.469 | 0.669 | 0.406 |
Femur | 0.445 | 0.587 | 0.673 | 0.362 | 0.650 | 0.476 |
Height measures | ||||||
Height | −0.006 | 0.097 | 0.892 | 0.995 | 0.796 | 0.999 |
Sitting height | 0.021 | 0.158 | 0.870 | 0.843 | 0.756 | 0.735 |