Table 4. Principal component loadings from an analysis of distal phalanx shape.

Variable	PC 1	PC 2
BH/GM	0.88	−0.30
BW/GM	−0.72	−0.38
TPL/GM	0.67	−0.47
SH-¼/GM	0.89	−0.15*
SW-¼/GM	−0.83	−0.15*
SH-¾/GM	0.75	0.43
SW-¾/GM	−0.83	−0.11*
FSA	0.31	0.59
VFL/GM	−0.42	0.70

Loadings for a principal component analysis of distal phalanx shape variables are reported as Pearson correlation coefficients between each variable and principal component. See Table 3 and Materials and Methods for measurement details.

*Non-significant correlations (p>0.05).