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Table 3 Component loadings of principal component analysis on energy balance-related behavior

From: Clustering of energy balance-related behaviors in 5-year-old children: Lifestyle patterns and their longitudinal association with weight status development in early childhood

 

Pattern

 

1

2

3

4

 Activity-related behavior  a

    

Active means of transport

0.045

0.428

0.478

−0.341

School sports

−0.045

0.552

−0.154

−0.223

Sports at a club

0.012

0.650

0.167

0.045

Playing outside

0.361

−0.309

0.322

−0.390

Watching television

0.425

0.386

−0.060

0.246

Computer use

0.081

0.458

−0.023

0.344

 Eating routine 

    

Meal frequencyb

−0.182

−0.059

0.476

0.227

Take-out meal frequencyb

0.074

−0.046

0.089

0.497

Snacks frequencyb

0.491

−0.098

0.231

0.064

Duration of mealsc

−0.104

−0.004

−0.008

−0.640

Eating togetherd

−0.008

0.041

0.696

−0.003

Eating at the tabled

−0.717

−0.018

0.334

−0.013

Eating with television ond

0.782

0.115

−0.150

0.097

Variance Explained (%)e

17.2

9.9

9.2

7.9

  1. Notes: Results of oblique principal component analysis. Bold component loadings are absolute loadings >0.400 and are thus considered part of the pattern.
  2. Pattern 1: Television–Snacking pattern.
  3. Pattern 2: Sports–Computer pattern.
  4. Pattern 3: Traditional Family pattern.
  5. Pattern 4: ‘Fast’ Food pattern.
  6. a Minutes per week.
  7. b Number per week.
  8. c Minutes per meal.
  9. d Percentage of total number of meals.
  10. e Total variance in the behavioral variables explained by the 4 patterns is 44.1%.