Table 3.
Rotated factor loadings for the first two components from principal component analysis by gender. Brazilian Surveillance System of Risk and Protective Factors for NCD through Telephone Interviews (VIGITEL), 2009–2010
| Total | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prudent pattern | Risky pattern | Prudent pattern | Risky pattern | Prudent pattern | Risky pattern | |
| Indicator† | (explained‡ = 0·14) | (explained = 0·11) | (explained = 0·14) | (explained = 0·11) | (explained = 0·14) | (explained = 0·12) |
| Regular bean consumption | −0·01 | 0·15 | −0·04 | 0·07 | −0·06 | −0·05 |
| Regular vegetable consumption | 0·41§ | 0·09 | 0·38 | 0·04 | 0·44 | 0·11 |
| Daily fresh-fruit juice consumption | 0·38 | 0·07 | 0·42 | 0·04 | 0·26 | −0·22 |
| Regular fruit consumption | 0·49 | −0·04 | 0·51 | −0·02 | 0·43 | −0·18 |
| Fat-reduced milk consumption | 0·28 | −0·12 | 0·25 | −0·14 | 0·33 | −0·06 |
| Sufficient leisure time physical activity | 0·33 | 0·23 | 0·32 | 0·08 | 0·33 | 0·13 |
| Efficient protection against UV radiation | 0·32 | −0·10 | 0·29 | −0·06 | 0·39 | 0·04 |
| Fat-rich meat consumption | −0·17 | 0·42 | −0·17 | 0·41 | −0·18 | 0·32 |
| Regular soft drink consumption | −0·34 | 0·17 | −0·32 | 0·19 | −0·29 | 0·26 |
| Excessive alcoholic beverage consumption | 0·12 | 0·63 | 0·18 | 0·62 | 0·21 | 0·61 |
| Watching television in excess | −0·04 | 0·19 | 0·003 | 0·31 | −0·01 | 0·21 |
| Smoking | 0·02 | 0·49 | 0·05 | 0·53 | 0·09 | 0·55 |
†For details on indicators, see Methods section.
‡Proportion of the variance explained by each factor after orthogonal varimax rotation (Kaiser criterion).
§Items with a factor loading above or below 0·25 and −0·25 are indicated in bold font.