Table 3.
Canonical loadings of individual variables in their respective canonical variates for the first canonical solution of the CCA
| Canonical Loadings (Structural Coefficients) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Exposure and Demographic Variables | Symptom and Diagnostic Variables | ||
| Sex (male) | 0.03 | Abnormal CT | 0.07 |
| Age (≤ 10) | 0.94 | Abnormal MRI | 0.08 |
| Animal Contact | -0.04 | Abnormal EEG | 0.22 |
| Tick Bite | 0.05 | Abnormal Glucose | -0.19 |
| Mosquito Bite | 0.11 | Abnormal Protein | -0.39 |
| Insect Bite | -0.08 | Abnormal WCC | -0.52 |
| Immunization | 0.27 | Lethargy | 0.27 |
| Recent Infection | -0.10 | Irritability | 0.28 |
| Travel Abroad | -0.06 | PB Change | -0.36 |
| Travel UK | -0.13 | Seizure | 0.24 |
| Raw Fish | -0.05 | Stiff Neck | -0.12 |
| Untreated Water | -0.05 | Headache | -0.51 |
| Water Exposure | 0.18 | Fever | -0.03 |
| Head Trauma | 0.13 | Focal-Neurological | -0.06 |
| Sick Person Contact | 0.47 | Coma | 0.001 |
| Neurological | -0.24 | ||
| GI Symptoms | 0.08 | ||
| Respiratory | 0.13 | ||
| Confusion | -0.50 | ||
| Rash | 0.11 | ||
| Photophobia | -0.18 | ||
| Urinary | -0.11 | ||
| Hospital Stay (≤ 50 days) | 0.30 | ||
| Duration of illness (≤ 100 days) | 0.30 | ||
A correlation of ρ = 0.71 (p-value = 0.01) is obtained for the first canonical correlation.