Table 4.

Factor loadings across the sHEI nutritional scale.

sHEI item	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4
Q16_seafood	0.741
Q14_beans	0.672	0.345
Q15_nuts/seeds	0.659
Q10_milk		0.731
Q6_grains		0.675
Q8_whole grains		0.610
Q12_low fat milk	0.520	0.546
Q5_starchy vegetables		0.451	0.446
Q3_vegetables		0.367	0.740
Q4_green vegetables		0.305	0.721
Q1_fruit			0.679
Q2_fruit juices	0.421		0.586
Q20_added sugar				0.807
Q21_saturated fat				0.745
Q18_SSB	−0.436			0.543

sHEI, short Healthy Eating Index; SSB, sugar-sweetened beverages.

Extraction method: principal component analysis.

Rotation method: Varimax with Kaiser normalization.

Iterations: 10.

Total cumulative variance: 56.69%.

For simplicity, factors loading below 0.3 are not shown.