Table 2.
Rotated factor loadings for four dietary patterns among 1061 Chinese men and women in the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey in Jiangsu Province, China
| Factor 1: Western | Factor 2: High-wheat | Factor 3: Traditional | Factor 4: Hedonic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food/food group | Factor loading | Food/food group | Factor loading | Food/food group | Factor loading | Food/food group | Factor loading |
| Milk | 0·52 | Whole grains | 0·75 | Eggs | 0·55 | Beer | 0·60 |
| Pork | 0·51 | Wheat | 0·75 | Tofu | 0·52 | Wine | 0·41 |
| fruits | 0·50 | Beef/lamb | 0·24 | Aquatic products | 0·49 | Low alcohol | 0·39 |
| Cake | 0·50 | Aquatic products | −0·32 | Poultry | 0·45 | Tubers | 0·31 |
| Soyabean milk | 0·49 | Fresh vegetables | −0·43 | Organ meat | 0·40 | Fresh vegetables | 0·29 |
| Fried wheat | 0·44 | Rice | −0·68 | Pickled vegetables | 0·33 | Fried wheat | 0·28 |
| Poultry | 0·44 | Nuts | 0·24 | Beverage | 0·28 | ||
| Yoghurt | 0·44 | High alcohol | 0·22 | Pork | 0·27 | ||
| Beverages | 0·38 | Fruits | 0·22 | High alcohol | 0·27 | ||
| Aquatic products | 0·37 | Milk powder | 0·21 | Cake | −0·21 | ||
| Tubers | 0·29 | Beverage | −0·22 | Milk | −0·24 | ||
| Beef/lamb | 0·27 | ||||||
| Organ meat | 0·23 | ||||||
Foods/ food groups with absolute values of factor loadings <0·20 are excluded from the table for simplicity.