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Table 4.5 Principal component analysis with varimax rotation for females (13–17years old)
PC 1 PC 2
Body types Variables (girth) (length)

Height 0.77
Weight 0.93
Upper body (girth)
1. Neck girth 0.81
2. Back width 0.81
3. Bust girth 0.93
4. Upper arm girth 0.93
5. Armscye girth 0.90
6. Elbow girth 0.85
7. Wrist girth 0.83
Lower body (girth)
8. Waist girth 0.94
9. Hip girth 0.93
10. Thigh girth 0.92
11. Mid-thigh girth 0.91
12. Lower knee girth 0.91
13. Calf girth 0.88
14. Knee girth 0.84
15. Crotch 0.78
Upper body (length)
16. Arm length 0.84
17. Under arm length 0.82
18. Cervical to breast point 0.8
19. Neck shoulder to breast point 0.76
20. Trunk circumference 0.77
Lower body (length)
21. Hip height 0.91
22. Waist height 0.87
23. Knee height 0.84
24. Inside leg length 0.84
25. Out leg length 0.83
26. Thigh length 0.82
Total proportion (%) 39.3 60.0

4.4.5 Identifying key dimensions
From the table earlier, PCA method confirms that those variables shown in Table 4.5
prove to be the significant dimensions often taken in any anthropometric survey. The
key dimensions commonly acknowledged in other literatures are also found signifi-
cantly in this study, namely, waist girth, bust girth, chest girth, and height. For example,
bust girth has the highest factor loading for female sample age 13–17. However, in other