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American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on September 8, 2005
American Journal of Epidemiology 2005 162(9):921-922; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi303
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American Journal of Epidemiology Copyright © 2005 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health All rights reserved; printed in U.S.A.

Letter to the Editor

RE: "(MIS)USE OF FACTOR ANALYSIS IN THE STUDY OF INSULIN RESISTANCE SYNDROME"

Weihong Tang, James S. Pankow and Donna K. Arnett

Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454

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In a recent Journal article, Lawlor et al. (1Go) commented on the use of factor analysis in the study of insulin resistance syndrome or metabolic syndrome. The article highlighted a number of important analytical issues related to factor analysis, and it favored an approach driven by biology, with which we concur. However, we have some concerns with a few of the authors' statements.

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