Table 6.
Rotated component matrix for three risk factors in an exploratory factor analysis.
Parameter | Risk factor |
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Factor 1 (Renal function) | Factor 2 (Plasma lipid profile) | Factor 3 (Plasma glucose concentration) | |
β2-microglobulin | 0.843 | ||
Blood urea nitrogen | 0.809 | ||
Albumin/creatinine ratio | 0.750 | ||
Urine protein concentration | 0.660 | ||
Uric acid | 0.532 | ||
Total cholesterol | 0.984 | ||
Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol | 0.879 | ||
High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol | 0.401 | ||
Triglyceride | 0.304 | ||
2-hour postprandial blood glucose | 0.711 | ||
Fasting plasma glucose | 0.703 | ||
Glycosylated haemoglobin | 0.497 |
Extraction method: principal component analysis. Rotation method: varimax with Kaiser normalisation.