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 | ||
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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 |