Table 4.

Factor Loadings for a Four-Factor Model of the Metabolic Syndrome Defined by 11 Metabolic Risk Variables Among 2,532 Participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study (CARDIA) at Baseline and the Year-10 Exam, Overall and by Race-Sex.

	All		Race-Sex Groups
			White Men		White Women		Black Men		Black Women
	Baseline	Year-10	Baseline	Year-10	Baseline	Year-10	Baseline	Year-10	Baseline	Year-10
N	2532		681		757		435		659
χ² d.f.=38	3052.9	3038.8	186.0	235.2	170.3	296.2	132.2	132.3	296.1	320.7
Goodness-of-fit	0.81	0.81	0.95	0.94	0.96	0.94	0.95	0.95	0.93	0.92
Factor 1: Insulin resistance
HOMA-IR	0.51	0.85	1.00	0.93	0.93	0.99	0.99	0.96	0.94	0.97
Fasting glucose	0.42	0.64	0.41	0.58	0.58	0.67	0.62	0.67	0.55	0.60
Uric acid	0.51	0.43	0.07	0.39	0.19	0.31	0.28	0.29	0.22	0.31
Factor 2: Obesity
BMI	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.03	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00
Waist:Hip	0.71	0.74	0.74	0.77	0.70	0.71	0.61	0.76	0.59	0.69
Triceps skin-fold	0.37	0.43	0.66	0.65	0.75	0.75	0.69	0.73	0.79	0.75
Factor 3: Lipids
Triglycerides	0.65	0.71	0.80	0.95	0.67	0.67	0.63	0.65	0.50	0.63
LDL-C	0.37	0.39	0.40	0.27	0.34	0.44	0.47	0.43	0.32	0.29
HDL-C	−0.59	−0.65	−0.59	−0.61	−0.54	−0.61	−0.41	−0.59	−0.56	−0.52
Factor 4: Blood pressure
Systolic	0.94	0.89	0.78	0.74	1.00	0.89	1.00	0.95	0.78	0.89
Diastolic	0.59	0.85	0.68	0.94	0.63	0.79	0.47	0.76	0.67	0.87

Abbreviations: HOMA-IR, Homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance [(fasting glucose × fasting insulin)/22.5]; BMI, body mass index; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol