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Table 4 Descriptor loadings within the two identified principal components (PC)

From: Identifying physiological measures of lifetime welfare status in pigs: exploring the usefulness of haptoglobin, C- reactive protein and hair cortisol sampled at the time of slaughter

Descriptor

Principal components

PC1

PC2

Happy

 

.966

.088

Content

 

.961

.065

Positively occupied

 

.926

- .006

Relaxed

 

.851

−.071

Playful

 

.914

.115

Frustrated

 

−.805

.278

Irritable

 

−.857

.252

Agitated

 

−.861

.156

Aggressive

 

−.156

.900

Listless

 

−.659

−.421

  1. Factor loadings over 0.3 are highlighted and were used to interpret the structure of each component