Table 1.
Food grouping used in the dietary pattern analyses
| Food groups | Food items |
|---|---|
| Meat | Meat, cooked meat |
| Processed meat | Sausage |
| Organ meats | Heart, liver and kidney, intestine and viscera |
| Fish | Fish |
| Poultry | Chicken |
| Eggs | Eggs |
| Butter | Butter |
| Low-fat dairy products | Dough, yoghurt, curd, milk, cheese |
| High-fat dairy products | Cream, ice cream, cheese pizza |
| Tea | Tea |
| Coffee | Coffee and espresso |
| Fruit | Apples, cherries, apricots, plums, fresh figs, kiwi, strawberries, grapes, fresh berries, dates, barberries, bananas, pomegranates |
| Citrus | Citrus |
| Fruit juices | Lemon juice, juice |
| Onions | Onions, fried onions |
| Non-flatulent vegetables | Mushrooms, carrots, vegetable, green beans, herbs, lettuce, aubergines |
| Flatulent vegetables | Cucumber, cabbage, peas |
| Legumes | Cereals, cotyledon, beans, vetch, green peas, lentils |
| Whole grains | Sangak, barbari, diet bread, wheat |
| Refined grains | Lavash, baguette bread, rice, flour, noodle, macaroni, biscuit |
| Snacks | Chips |
| Nuts | Walnut, nuts |
| Mayonnaise | Mayonnaise |
| Dried fruit | Raisins, dried berries, limes |
| Sweets and desserts | Gushfyl, pastry, cake |
| Chocolate | Types of chocolate |
| Hydrogenated fats | Tail |
| Vegetable oils | Oil |
| Sugars | Candy, sugar, tamarisk, dried sugar |
| Condiments | Jam, honey |
| Tomatoes | Tomatoes, tomato paste, red sauce |
| Carbonated drinks | Drink |
| Pickles | Pickles |
| French fries | French fries |
| Salt | Salt |
| Pepper | Pepper |
| Cocoa | Cocoa |
| Potato | Baked potato |
| Soya | Soya |