TABLE 3.
Principal component analysis of levels of antibody binding to multiple isolates for Malawia
| Isolate | Factor loadingb |
|
|---|---|---|
| Component 1 | Component 2 | |
| CS2 | 0.710 | 0.618 |
| Pf2004-CSA | 0.892 | 0.310 |
| Pf2006-CSA | 0.845 | 0.288 |
| HCS3 | 0.362 | 0.856 |
| 3D7-CSA | 0.328 | 0.865 |
| HB3-CSA | 0.087 | 0.683 |
| XIE-CSA | 0.933 | 0.143 |
The total percentage of the variance explained by component 1 was 44.7%, and the total percentage of the variance explained by component 2 was 36.1%. Rotation converged in three iterations.
Factor loading values of >0.4 were considered significant and are indicated by bold type.