TABLE 1.

Dietary pattern factor loadings in the Black Women's Health Study, 1995 and 2001¹

	1995		2001
Food or food groups	Vegetables/fruitpattern	Meat/fried foods pattern	Vegetables/fruitpattern	Meat/fried foods pattern
Noncruciferous vegetables	0.762	0.02	0.742	−0.29
Cruciferous vegetables	0.632	0.09	0.672	−0.16
Fruit	0.552	−0.15	0.532	−0.36
Beans	0.482	0.03	0.432	−0.12
Tomatoes	0.462	0.11	0.422	−0.19
Fish (not fried)	0.442	−0.10	0.482	−0.23
Rice	0.342	−0.01	0.29	−0.01
Whole grains	0.302	−0.35	0.24	−0.39
Orange or grapefruit juice	0.302	−0.02	0.21	−0.18
Potatoes (not fried)	0.29	0.22	0.372	0.23
Poultry (not fried)	0.28	−0.25	0.13	−0.28
Soup	0.28	−0.04	0.28	−0.09
Low-fat mayonnaise, salad dressing	0.24	−0.11	0.322	−0.34
Chili	0.24	0.18	0.27	0.09
Cereals	0.21	−0.12	0.302	−0.14
Pasta	0.21	−0.22	0.18	0.02
Low-fat dairy	0.14	−0.42	0.08	−0.36
Red meat	−0.27	0.532	0.14	0.612
Processed meat	−0.22	0.492	0.15	0.542
Regular mayonnaise, salad dressing	0.14	0.462	0.28	0.15
French fries	−0.17	0.452	0.08	0.502
Fried chicken	−0.19	0.442	0.07	0.502
Butter, margarine	0.13	0.362	0.05	0.25
Eggs	−0.01	0.312	0.25	0.18
Fried fish	0.06	0.29	0.28	0.29
Alcohol	0.04	0.23	0.11	0.12
Organ meats (liver)	0.08	0.20	0.23	0.17
Salty snacks	−0.20	0.15	−0.07	0.29
Refined grains	−0.16	0.13	−0.05	0.372
High-fat dairy	−0.23	0.10	−0.04	0.27
Sugar-sweetened soft drinks	−0.39	0.09	−0.19	0.342
Sweets	−0.38	−0.11	−0.17	0.19
Tea, coffee	0.08	−0.07	0.16	0.07
Nuts	0.02	−0.03	0.07	−0.11
Sugar-sweetened fruit drinks	0.01	−0.02	−0.01	0.05

¹Dietary patterns were derived by using factor analysis.

²Factor loading ≥0.30.