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A single factor underlies the metabolic syndrome; A confirmatory factor analysis -
Response to McCaffery et al.
Pladevall, M., Singal, B., Williams, L. K., Brotons, C., Guyer, H., Sadurni, J., Falces, C., Serrano-Rios, M., Gabriel, R., Shaw, J. E., Zimmet, P. Z., & Haffner, S. (2006). A single factor underlies the metabolic syndrome; A confirmatory factor analysis -: Response to McCaffery et al.Diabetes Care, 29(7), 1720-1720. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc06-0800
We thank McCaffery et al. (1) for their comments on our study (2). In their first report (3), they used confirmatory factor analysis to analyze the metabolic syndrome structure and to expose the limitations of exploratory factor analysis (EFA). We agree that their results support the concept of a common factor underlying the different components of the metabolic syndrome.
