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. 2012 Apr 2;7(4):e34410. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034410

Table 3. A table of Inline graphic measures demonstrating the ‘quality’ of each cluster component.

Variable Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Cluster 1 Trig 0.735 0.076 0.287
HDL 0.735 0.12 0.301
Cluster 2 SBP 0.785 0.058 0.228
DBP 0.785 0.031 0.222
Cluster 3 Ins 0.542 0.208 0.579
PCIns 0.704 0.149 0.348
Glu 0.42 0.035 0.601
PCGlu 0.624 0.044 0.394
Cluster 4 BMI 0.73 0.17 0.325
WHR 0.73 0.087 0.296

The Inline graphic demonstrate the Inline graphic of the variable when regressed on the remaining variables in the cluster to which it is assigned. The Inline graphic is the greatest Inline graphic when the variable is regressed on any other cluster produced in the analysis. The Inline graphic is a measure of cluster ‘quality’. When a variable has a high Inline graphic within its own cluster and low to any other, the variable demonstrates a strong fit to the cluster in whch it is assigned. Abbreviation: Fasting insulin (Ins), postchallenge insulin (PCIns), fasting glucose (Glu), postchallenge glucose (PCGlu), body mass index (BMI), waist/hip ratio (WHR), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), triglycerides (Trig), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP).