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Table 1 Eigen value, PC and correlation of the three anthropometric variables

From: Determinants of under-nutrition among children under five years of age in Ethiopia

Eigen value

Proportion

Cumulative

PC

HAZ (Corr)

WAZ (Corr)

WHZ (Corr)

4.026

0.657

0.657

1

0.81 (1)

0.55 (0.721)

0.15 (− 0.103)

2.090

0.341

0.997

2

0.40

−0.35

− 0.85 (0.602)

0.017

0.003

1.000

3

0.43

−0.75

0.51

  1. Key: all correlations are statistically significant (p < 0.01); PC (principal Component); Corr (Correlation value); Values in each cell from column 5 to 7 are Principal component coefficients and correlations are in the parentheses
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