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Table 2 Parameters of physical behavior (i.e. physical activity and sedentary behavior) divided into categories and with their explained variance (%), eigenvalues and loading on the PCA components. For each outcome measure, the highest loading is in bold

From: Three distinct physical behavior types in fatigued patients with multiple sclerosis

   

Component

   

1

2

3

4

5

  

%Variance (total = 80.1%)

39.59

13.21

10.53

9.07

7.68

  

Eigenvalues

5.94

1.98

1.58

1.36

1.15

Amount and intensity

PA

%Active

0.97

0.02

0.04

−0.10

−0.04

%MVPA

0.78

0.07

− 0.08

0.36

− 0.10

CPD

−0.97

−0.02

− 0.04

0.10

0.03

CPM

0.88

0.09

0.04

0.20

−0.09

SB

%SB

0.92

0.07

−0.06

0.18

−0.08

Frequency and duration

PA

MPVA BL

MVPA NoB

−0.04

− 0.04

0.08

− 0.10

−0.09

0.39

0.64

0.48

0.01

0.04

tt MPVA

0.42

−0.06

0.04

0.67

−0.07

SB

SB BL

−0.63

0.06

−0.64

0.15

−0.03

SB NoB

−0.16

0.07

0.94

−0.01

−0.05

tt SB

−0.83

0.16

0.18

0.16

−0.12

Day pattern

PA

dMVPA1

−0.07

−0.94

0.02

0.05

−0.02

dMVPA2

−0.03

0.21

0.07

−0.21

0.79

SB

dSB1

−0.02

0.91

0.05

0.08

0.04

dSB2

0.00

0.07

0.06

−0.21

−0.93

  1. PA physical activity, MVPA moderate to vigorous activity, CPD counts per day, CPM counts per minute, SB sedentary behavior, BL bout length, NoB number of bouts, tt total time, dMPVA1 %MPVA afternoon minus %MVPA morning, dMVPA 2 %MVPA evening minus %MVPA afternoon, dSB1 %SB afternoon minus %SB morning, dSB2 %SB evening minus %SB afternoon