Table 2. Table of ordered variable loadings.
Each value represents the correlation between the original variable and the linear combination of the original variables (PCs). The loadings were ordered by their absolute values.
| Ordered variables | Correlation with PC 1 | Ordered variables | Correlation with PC 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARPAL PCA | |||
| Radiale, width | −0.85 | Pisiform, proximal-distal distance | 0.61 |
| Ulnare, proximal-distal distance | 0.27 | Pisiform, width | 0.50 |
| Centrale, proximal-distal distance | 0.27 | Ulnare, width | −0.32 |
| Radiale, proximal-distal distance | 0.23 | Distal carpal 4, proximal-distal distance | −0.30 |
| Distal carpal 4, proximal-distal distance | 0.15 | Radiale, width | −0.22 |
| Centrale, width | −0.13 | Centrale, proximal-distal distance | −0.21 |
| Distal carpal 5, proximal-distal distance | 0.12 | Radiale, proximal-distal distance | −0.18 |
| Pisiform, width | −0.09 | Distal carpal 1, proximal-distal distance | 0.12 |
| Distal carpal 2, proximal-distal distance | 0.08 | Distal carpal 2, proximal-distal distance | −0.11 |
| Ulnare, width | −0.07 | Distal carpal 5, proximal-distal distance | −0.11 |
| Distal carpal 1, width | −0.07 | Distal carpal 1, width | −0.06 |
| Distal carpal 4, width | 0.07 | Distal carpal 2, width | 0.06 |
| Distal carpal 2, width | −0.02 | Distal carpal 3, proximal-distal distance | −0.05 |
| Distal carpal 3, proximal-distal distance | −0.02 | Distal carpal 3, width | 0.04 |
| Distal carpal 3, width | −0.02 | Distal carpal 4, width | 0.04 |
| Pisiform, proximal-distal distance | 0.02 | Distal carpal 5, width | −0.04 |
| Distal carpal 1, proximal-distal distance | −0.02 | Ulnare, proximal-distal distance | −0.03 |
| Distal carpal 5, width | −0.01 | Centrale, width | 0.01 |
| Proportion of Variance | 0.24 | 0.14 | |
| METARCARPAL PCA | |||
| Metarcarpal 3 Length | −0.54 | ||
| Metarcarpal 4 Length | −0.49 | ||
| Metarcarpal 2 Length | −0.48 | ||
| Metarcarpal 1 Length | −0.35 | ||
| Metarcarpal 5 Length | −0.32 | ||
| Metarcarpal 4 Width | −0.06 | ||
| Metarcarpal 5 Width | −0.06 | ||
| Metarcarpal 3 Width | −0.05 | ||
| Metarcarpal 1 Width | −0.05 | ||
| Metarcarpal 2 Width | −0.05 | ||
| Proportion of Variance | 0.97 | ||
| DIGITAL PCA | |||
| Digit 5, Phalanx 2, Length | −0.42 | Digit 3, Phalanx 1, Length | −0.38 |
| Digit 4, Phalanx 4, Length | −0.39 | Digit 1, Phalanx 1, Length | 0.36 |
| Digit 3, Phalanx 3, Length | −0.33 | Digit 4, Phalanx 2, Length | −0.36 |
| Digit 4, Phalanx 3, Length | −0.30 | Digit 4, Phalanx 4, Length | 0.35 |
| Digit 4, Phalanx 1, Length | −0.29 | Digit 3, Phalanx 2, Length | −0.34 |
| Digit 5, Phalanx 1, Length | −0.29 | Digit 2, Phalanx 2, Length | 0.28 |
| Digit 2, Phalanx 2, Length | −0.26 | Digit 3, Phalanx 3, Length | 0.25 |
| Digit 3, Phalanx 2, Length | −0.26 | Digit 4, Phalanx 3, Length | −0.24 |
| Digit 1, Phalanx 1, Length | −0.25 | Digit 4, Phalanx 1, Length | −0.24 |
| Digit 3, Phalanx 1, Length | −0.21 | Digit 5, Phalanx 1, Length | −0.23 |
| Digit 2, Phalanx 1, Length | −0.16 | Digit 2, Phalanx 1, Length | −0.11 |
| Digit 4, Phalanx 3, Width | 0.07 | Digit 1, Phalanx 1, Width | −0.08 |
| Digit 3, Phalanx 2, Width | 0.07 | Digit 5, Phalanx 2, Length | 0.08 |
| Digit 4, Phalanx 1, Width | 0.07 | Digit 4, Phalanx 2, Width | 0.07 |
| Digit 4, Phalanx 4, Width | 0.06 | Digit 4, Phalanx 3, Width | 0.06 |
| Digit 5, Phalanx 1, Width | 0.06 | Digit 4, Phalanx 1, Width | 0.05 |
| Digit 3, Phalanx 1, Width | 0.06 | Digit 4, Phalanx 4, Width | 0.04 |
| Digit 2, Phalanx 2, Width | 0.05 | Digit 3, Phalanx 1, Width | 0.04 |
| Digit 3, Phalanx 3, Width | 0.05 | Digit 5, Phalanx 1, Width | 0.04 |
| Digit 5, Phalanx 2, Width | 0.04 | Digit 2, Phalanx 1, Width | −0.04 |
| Digit 4, Phalanx 2, Width | 0.04 | Digit 3, Phalanx 2, Width | 0.03 |
| Digit 2, Phalanx 1, Width | 0.04 | Digit 3, Phalanx 3, Width | 0.02 |
| Digit 4, Phalanx 2, Length | −0.03 | Digit 5, Phalanx 2, Width | −0.01 |
| Digit 1, Phalanx 1, Width | 0.03 | Digit 2, Phalanx 2, Width | 0.01 |
| Proportion of Variance | 0.55 | 0.10 | |