Table 2.

Factor-loading matrix for dietary patterns

Food items	Factors
	1	2	3
Refined grains	0.085	0.170	0.756
Coarse grains	0.187	0.153	0.719
Dark-colored vegetables	0.589	-0.017	0.504
Light-colored vegetables	0.640	-0.026	0.464
Melon fruits	0.737	0.132	0.193
Berry fruits	0.760	0.237	0.093
Citrus fruits	0.761	0.230	0.081
Drupe fruits	0.699	0.343	0.070
Legumes	0.652	0.387	0.121
Nuts	0.637	0.455	0.036
Eggs	0.661	0.204	0.178
Dairy products	0.598	0.163	0.280
Livestock meats	0.474	0.121	0.423
Poultry meats	0.415	0.445	0.303
Processed meats	0.311	0.725	0.109
Seafood	0.353	0.722	0.077
Sugar-sweetened drinks	0.124	0.834	0.098
Fried foods	0.113	0.846	0.082
Desserts	0.146	0.770	0.152
Initial eigenvalues	8.024	2.164	1.149
% of cumulative variance	42.2	53.6	59.7

Note: Boldface represents food items with a factor loading > |0.500|, which are the main contributors and representative of the character of each pattern