Cluster analysis (Ward’s Method), centroids, and variables’ weights

Cluster (C)nzP300lzP300azP50rzDpzFBPzWBPzHRCTSSSTBSSWzMA
1702.850.010.010.130.050.120.101.140.000.00–0.16
2580.19–0.250.05–0.090.212.390.123.291.020.00–0.07
3250.140.180.080.010.130.290.201.250.042.63–0.07
4170.63–2.72–2.29–0.222.090.000.230.000.000.000.19
5380.87–0.280.73–2.872.872.013.760.532.190.00–0.09
6221.25–0.010.000.1–0.080.160.000.190.000.003.31

In the first and second columns, the six clusters (expected from the six PCA components with eigenvalues > 1) and the number of children in each cluster. The following columns show the calculated weights of each of the 11 variables from the explained variance in the cluster. The highest values (in bold) indicate the most significant variables defining the cluster. C1: z-scored P300 latency (zP300l); C2: centrotemporal spikes (CTS) and z-scored focal wideband power (zFWBP); C3: bisynchronous spike-wave (BSSW) complexes; C4: z-scored auditory P300 amplitude (zP300a), z-scored auditory P50 ratio (zP50r); and z-scored fast beta power (26–29 Hz sub-band, regional) (zFBP); C5: z-scored delta power [zDP, zFBP, zFWBP, and small sharp transients (SST)]; C6: z-scored maturational asymmetry (zMA). CTS, SST, and BSSW coded by quantity on each record