Table 3.

Factors explaining dietary patterns among the study population of women and men from four sites across three sub-Saharan African countries, 2011

	Women		Men
	Factor 1 loading	Factor 2 loading	Factor 1 loading	Factor 2 loading
Food group	Mixed Diet	Processed Diet	Mixed Diet	Processed Diet
Other vegetables	0·86		0·81
Fresh fish	0·69		0·18
Root vegetables	0·68		0·45
Cereals	0·67		0·50
Tomato	0·65		0·71
Fruit	0·63		0·47	0·20
Beans	0·62	−0·23	0·61
Cold cuts	0·61	0·41		0·71
Fruit juice	0·59	0·25	0·44	0·34
Red meat	0·55	0·36	0·36	0·42
Eggs	0·48	0·29	0·30
Nuts	0·47		0·56
Low-fat milk	0·46	0·43		0·39
Organ meat	0·34		0·40
Cheese and other	0·27	0·18	0·32
Coconut milk	0·25
Salad dressing	0·35	0·68		0·60
Poultry	0·37	0·67		0·59
Margarine		0·66	0·24	0·46
Yoghurt	0·29	0·57		0·62
Chips		0·56	0·30	0·49
Spread		0·56		0·44
Coffee		0·56	0·38	0·32
Canned fish	0·49	0·52		0·57
Sweets		0·51		0·70
Full-fat milk		0·51	0·32
Peanut butter	0·17	0·49		0·42
Refined grains	0·22	0·48	0·48	0·29
Soda		0·39	0·42	0·47
Diet soda	0·19	0·34	0·44	0·32
Desserts		0·34	0·27
Tea	0·21	0·30	0·70
Sugar		0·20	0·39	0·31
Starchy roots	0·24	−0·30	0·32	−0·38
Dried fish		−0·38		−0·44
Plantains		−0·42		−0·40