Modelling HIV disease process and progression in seroconversion among South Africa women: using transition-specific parametric multi-state model

Table 1 Clinical parameters and corresponding factor loadings from the rotated factors

Clinical parameters	Principal Components	Variables	Factor loadings	Commutative variations
White blood cell parameters	1. Granulocytes component	Leucocyte	0.925	77%
		Neutrophils	0.936
		Monocytes	0.635
	2. Mononuclear component	Lymphocytes	0.838
	2. Mononuclear component	Basophils	0.616
	3. Eosinophils component	Eosinophils	0.947
Red blood cell parameters	4. Hb and haematocrit component	RBC counts	0.946	81%
		Hb	0.886
		Haematocrit	0.919
	5. RBC indices component	MCV	0.953
		MCH	0.825
		MCHC	0.521
		RDW	−0.592
Blood chemistry	6. Liver enzyme abnormality component	ALT (GPT)	0.829	72%
	6. Liver enzyme abnormality component	AST (GOT)	0.967
	7. Electrolyte component	Chloride	0.455
		Sodium	0.994
		Calcium	0.213
Protein and lipids	8. Lipid component	Cholesterol	0.971	65%
		LDL	0.917
		Triglycerides	0.360
	9. Protein Comp	LDH	−0.769
	9. Protein Comp	Total protein	0.670

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