Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) of anthropometric parameters and physical activities with blood lipids

Table 4 The loadings and cross loadings of the variables for the first canonical function in canonical correlation analysis, n = 5878

Variables	Loadings	Cross loadings
Independent variables
Age	0.133	0.058
BMI, Kg/m²	0.878	0.383
Waistline, cm	0.920	0.401
Occupation activity, hours/week	−0.242	−0.105
Transportation activity, hours/week	0.031	0.014
Leisure time activity, hours/week	0.117	0.051
Static behavior, hours/day	0.175	0.076
Sleep time, hours/day	0.178	−0.077
Dependent variables
HDL-C	−0.771	−0.336
LDL-C	0.427	0.186
TG	0.722	0.314
TC	0.403	0.176

BMI body mass index, TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triacylglycerol

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