Table 2.

Factor loadings of dietary patterns identified among adults in Bahir Dar.

Food groups	Median intake	Mean days per week	Dietary pattern factor loadings
			Westernized pattern	Traditional pattern
Cereals (any local foods, injera, bread, rice, noodles, biscuits, or any other foods made from millet, sorghum, maize, rice, wheat, or any other locally available grain)	7 days per week	6.8 ± 0.9		0.25
Roots and tubers (any potatoes, kocho, carrot, beet root, yams, manioc, cassava, or any other foods made from roots or tubers)	2–3 days per week	2.4 ± 1.6		0.57
Any vegetable (like green leafy vegetables, papaya, tomato, cauliflower, cabbage, beans etc.)	2–3 days per week	2.7 ± 1.8	0.41	0.43
Fruits (like banana, mango, avocado, apple, orange, pineapple etc.)	2–3 days per week	2.4 ± 1.6	0.51	0.40
Meat (any beef, pork, lamb, goat, chicken, liver, kidney, heart, or other organ meats)	1 day per week	1.9 ± 2.3	0.69	− 0.28
Eggs (any food prepared with eggs)	2–3 days per week	2.4 ± 2.1	0.28	0.48
Any fresh or dried fish or shellfish	< 1 day per month	0.6 ± 1.5	0.49
Legumes (Any foods made from beans, peas, lentils, or nuts)	1 day per week	2.3 ± 2.2		0.46
Dairy (any cheese, yogurt, milk, or other milk products)	2–3 days per week	2.6 ± 2.5	0.51
Oil and fat (Any foods made with oil, fat, or butter)	7 days per week	4.7 ± 3.0		0.31
Sweets and sugar (any sugar or honey or jam)	1 day per week	3.0 ± 3.1	0.58	− 0.33
Coffee and tea (any other foods, such as condiments, coffee, tea)	7 days per week	6.1 ± 2.0	− 0.33	0.27
Alcoholic drinks (beer, tella, tej, arake, borde)	< 1 day per month	0.8 ± 1.6	0.32	− 0.25
Fast food and pastry (burger, pizza, cakes)	< 1 day per month	0.5 ± 1.3	0.43

Factor loadings were obtained using Promax rotation in the PCA; the main food groups are written first and food items in the group are listed in brackets; and the mean number of days was calculated by coding the response categories into average days per week.