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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nutr. 2010 Oct 29;14(5):889–895. doi: 10.1017/S136898001000296X

Table 2.

Component loading for eating patterns from principal component analysis, Sister Study, 2003–2007 (N 27 983) Frequency (times/week)

Frequency (times/week)
Component 1: Eating episodes during conventional eating hours Component 2: Dominance of snacks over meals
Mean SD
Breakfast 5·6 2·0 0·49 −0·13
Lunch 6·0 1·1 0·54 −0·16
Dinner 6·4 1·1 0·47 −0·19
Snack before breakfast 0·8 1·0 −0·08 0·46
Snack between breakfast and lunch 2·2 2·1 0·28 0·46
Snack between lunch and dinner 3·5 2·2 0·36 0·41
Snack after dinner 3·0 2·3 0·14 0·37
Snack after bedtime 0·8 0·9 −0·12 0·44
Variance explained (%) 23·80 20·20