Table 1.

Factor loadings^* for high-loading items (absolute value ≥0·30)

	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3
	Whole food pattern	Western pattern	Drinking pattern
Vegetables	0·66	–	–
Fish	0·60	–	–
Fruits	0·58	–	–
Seafood	0·57	–	–
Seaweed	0·57	–	–
Mushrooms	0·55	–	–
Potatoes	0·50	–	–
Eggs	0·48	–	–
Dairy products	0·46	–	–
Legumes	0·42	−0·39	–
Salted vegetables (kimchi)	0·35	−0·32	–
Tea	–	–	–
Fast foods	–	0·60	–
Processed meats/fish	0·37	0·56	–
Fried foods	–	0·56	–
Carbonated beverages	–	0·53	–
Poultry	0·38	0·52	–
Instant noodles	–	0·49	–
Red meats	0·44	0·46	–
Bread	–	0·41	−0·35
Snacks	–	0·39	−0·30
Noodles	–	–	–
Other grains	0·33	−0·47	–
Rice	–	−0·55	–
Soju (liquor)	–	–	0·61
Beer	–	–	0·47
Rice wine	–	–	0·32
Salted fermented seafood	–	–	0·32
Coffee	–	–	0·30
Rice cakes	0·32	–	−0·33

^*The factor score for each pattern was estimated from the thirty predefined food groups weighted by their factor loadings.