Table 2.
Dietary pattern scores (mean and standard deviation) obtained from PCA at 10 years of age among ALSPAC children by URI category
| ‘Health awareness’ dietary pattern | ‘Traditional’ dietary pattern | ‘Packed lunch/snack’ dietary pattern | ||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Urban | −0·08 | 1·5 | 0·02 | 1·46 | 0·06 | 1·34 |
| Town | 0·29 | 1·48 | −0·03 | 1·41 | −0·09 | 1·25 |
| Village | 0·42 | 1·55 | −0·02 | 1·47 | −0·23 | 1·31 |
| Hamlet | 0·62 | 1·43 | 0·23 | 1·41 | −0·42 | 1·37 |
| P value | <0·001 | 0·173 | <0·001 | |||
PCA, principal components analysis; ALSPAC, Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children; URI, urban/rural indicator.