Principal component analysis reveals gender-specific predictors of cardiometabolic risk in 6th graders

Table 3 Multiple regression models for independent predictors of PCA-derived MetScore, for both girls and boys

	Model Predictor(s)	β	SE	t	Pr > \|t\|	95% CI	Adjusted R²
PCA-derived MetScore
Girls	Age	0.09	0.10	0.87	0.39	−0.11 - 0.29	0.52
	BMI	0.31	0.02	20.69	<0.01	0.28 - 0.34
	CRF (VO2)	−0.07	0.02	−4.27	<0.01	−0.11 - −0.04
	PA	0.00	0.03	0.02	0.99	−0.05 - 0.05
	Mother’s BMI	0.00	0.01	0.08	0.94	−0.02 - 0.02
	Mother’s CVD History	0.20	0.14	1.38	0.17	−0.08 - 0.48
	Mother’s Smoking Status	0.26	0.14	1.88	0.06	−0.01 - 0.53
	Mother’s PA	−0.01	0.02	−0.41	0.68	−0.04 - 0.03
	Parental Age	0.02	0.01	2.12	0.03	0.002 - 0.04
	Father’s BMI	0.01	0.01	0.95	0.34	0.01 - 0.03
	Father’s CVD History	0.46	0.14	3.25	<0.01	0.18 - 0.75
	Father’s Smoking Status	−0.13	0.14	−0.99	0.32	−0.40 - 0.13
	Father’s PA	0.01	0.01	0.54	0.59	−0.02 - 0.04
Boys	Age	0.13	0.12	1.14	0.25	−0.09 - 0.36	0.47
	BMI	0.31	0.02	15.35	<0.01	0.27 - 0.35
	CRF (VO2)	−0.11	0.03	−4.25	<0.01	−0.16 - -0.06
	PA	−0.03	0.03	−1.10	0.27	−0.09 - 0.03
	Mother’s BMI	−0.01	0.01	−0.69	0.49	−0.03 - 0.01
	Mother’s CVD History	0.10	0.17	0.58	0.56	−0.23 - 0.43
	Mother’s Smoking Status	0.32	0.16	1.98	0.04	0.003 - 0.64
	Mother’s PA	−0.01	0.02	−0.67	0.50	−0.05 - 0.03
	Parental Age	0.01	0.01	0.81	0.42	−0.01 - 0.03
	Father’s BMI	−0.01	0.01	−1.08	0.28	−0.04 - 0.01
	Father’s CVD History	0.14	0.16	0.85	0.39	−0.18 - 0.46
	Father’s Smoking Status	−0.12	0.16	0.78	0.44	−0.43 - 0.18
	Father’s PA	0.01	0.02	0.29	0.77	−0.03 - 0.04

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