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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Factors. 2012 Oct;54(5):849–871. doi: 10.1177/0018720812442685

TABLE 5.

Component Score Coefficient Matrix, Eigenvalues, and Total Variance Explained for Male and Female Truck Drivers

Principal Component (PC)
Variable PC 1 PC 2 PC 3
Males
    Stature, no shoes 0.137 –0.180 –0.055
    Shoulder-elbow length 0.103 –0.229 0.081
    Elbow-fingertip length 0.112 –0.209 0.131
    Bideltoid breadth 0.099 0.240 0.205
    Abdominal depth, sitting 0.084 0.259 0.254
    Hip breadth, sitting 0.106 0.222 0.211
    Sitting height 0.129 –0.017 –0.287
    Knee height, sitting 0.134 –0.137 0.127
    Buttock-knee length 0.126 –0.078 0.229
    Elbow rest height 0.077 0.272 –0.273
    Eye height, sitting 0.123 –0.013 –0.305
    Acromial height, sitting 0.128 0.106 –0.236
    Eigenvalue 6.333 2.417 1.813
    Percentage of variation 53 20 15
    Total percentage of variation 88
Females
    Stature, no shoes 0.134 –0.178 –0.041
    Shoulder-elbow length 0.099 –0.215 0.229
    Elbow-fingertip length 0.109 –0.174 0.228
    Bideltoid breadth 0.094 0.269 0.153
    Abdominal depth, sitting 0.066 0.301 0.214
    Hip breadth, sitting 0.092 0.235 0.159
    Sitting height 0.133 –0.065 –0.279
    Knee height, sitting 0.134 –0.086 0.184
    Buttock-knee length 0.128 0.028 0.240
    Elbow rest height 0.082 0.227 –0.362
    Eye height, sitting 0.130 –0.067 –0.292
    Acromial height, sitting 0.136 0.029 –0.262
    Eigenvalue 6.426 2.531 1.526
    Percentage of variation 53 21 13
    Total percentage of variation 87