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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Glob Heart. 2013 May 7;8(2):10.1016/j.gheart.2012.12.002. doi: 10.1016/j.gheart.2012.12.002

Table 3. Factor Analysis of Components of the Insulin Resistance Syndrome Among 606 Men and 765 Women 50-89 years old; Rancho Bernardo, CA 1984-87.

Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3 Factor 4
Body Size Glucose Tolerance Lipids Blood Pressure
Weight Fasting Glucose HDL Systolic
Waist girth 2-hour glucose LDL Diastolic
Fasting Insulin 2-hour insulin Triglycerides

HDL (high-density lipoprotein), LDL (low density lipoprotein);

Adapted from D. Wingard, PhD, et al., University of California, San Diego, unpublished data presented at American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions, June 8 – 11, 1996, San Francisco, CA.