. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 31.

Published in final edited form as: J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2014 Nov 10;20(10):951–960. doi: 10.1017/S1355617714000861

Table 3.

Standardized factor loadings for third order cardiometa-bolic factor model

	Baseline	2^nd Assessment

	1993–2001	2003–2008
First order factor
BMI (F1)	0.91 (.03)	0.90 (.03)
Waist circumference (F2)	0.72 (.03)	0.88 (.03)
Systolic BP (F1)	0.64 (.08)	0.60 (.07)
Diastolic BP (F2)	0.74 (.08)	0.50 (.06)
Triglycerides (F1)	0.77 (.03)	0.78 (.03)
HDL Cholesterol (F2)	0.88 (.02)	0.90 (.02)
Glucose	0.69 (.06)	0.74 (.06)
Second order factor	F1	F2
Obesity	0.83 (.02)	1.00 (–)
Blood pressure	0.69 (.07)	0.84 (.08)
Lipids	0.59 (.05)	−0.95 (.08)
Third order factor
Obesity	0.73 (.07)
Lipids	0.47 (.07)
Blood pressure	0.41 (.06)
Glucose	0.36 (.06)

Note. BMI = body mass index; BP = blood pressure; HDL = high-density lipoprotein.

The third order model had each variable with indicators measured at time 1 and time 2. Variable pairs were combined into the second order factors (F1–F2) and finally obesity, blood pressure, lipids, glucose combined into the third order factor.