Table 2.

Factor loadings for the five-factor solution following an exploratory factor analysis in a general adult population^* (N = 3,256).

	Factor1	Factor2	Factor3	Factor4	Factor5
Hypertension	0.76	−0.04	0.13	−0.12	−0.01
Diabetes	0.74	−0.07	−0.24	0.13	0.05
Dyslipidemia	0.58	−0.06	0.18	0.04	−0.14
Stroke	0.61	0.18	0.08	−0.06	0.03
Cardiac diseases	0.40	−0.21	0.11	−0.02	0.19
Chronic respiratory diseases	0.02	0.06	0.01	0.68	0.02
Digestive diseases	0.05	0.18	0.45	0.09	0.30
Kidney diseases	0.37	0.10	0.12	0.13	0.29
Urologic diseases	−0.03	−0.02	−0.02	−0.01	0.97
Arthritis & rheumatism	0.08	−0.34	0.46	0.10	−0.01
Lumbar diseases	0.03	0.01	0.81	0.03	0.01
Neurologic diseases	0.19	0.36	0.18	0.21	0.14
Mental disorders	−0.01	0.60	0.19	0.24	0.00
Endocrine diseases	0.25	−0.31	−0.03	−0.10	0.15
Malignancy	0.08	−0.01	0.08	−0.02	0.45
Vision abnormalities	0.16	−0.58	0.26	0.23	0.13
Skin diseases	−0.10	−0.05	−0.02	0.62	−0.01

^*By multidimensional item response theory and promax rotation.

Loadings are bolded if they exceed 0.30.