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. 2012 Dec 12;7(12):e51593. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051593

Table 1. Score coefficients related to dietary patterns derived from principal components analysis in men (n = 9272) and women (n = 3132) from the GAZEL cohort.

MEN WOMEN
Low-fatdiet Healthydiet Westerndiet Fat-sweetpattern Snacking Low-fatdiet Healthydiet Traditionaldiet Snacking Animal protein pattern Dessert
Meat 0.49 0.57
Poultry 0.57
Processed meat 0.38 −0.21 0.30 0.22
Fish 0.24
Eggs 0.25
Fried food 0.39
Carbohydrates (starchy food) 0.29
Cooked vegetables 0.42 0.36
Raw vegetables 0.58 0.61
Fruits 0.32 −0.23 0.28 0.24
Dairy products 0.32
Fat-free dairy product 0.37 0.38
Cheese 0.55
Fat-free cheese 0.55 0.50
Desserts 0.45 0.41
Pastries 0.49 0.43
Oil 0.53 0.53
Margarine 0.46 0.47
Fat-free dishes 0.40 0.37
High-sugar drinks 0.50 −0.21
Diet sodas −0.39 0.20
Sugar free candies 0.36 0.27
Coffee 0.25 −0.24
Sweetener 0.23 0.23
Regular breakfast −0.25 0.47
Regular lunch 0.39 0.20
Regular dinner 0.27
Snacking in the morning 0.57 0.55
Snacking in the afternoon 0.55 0.57
Snacking in the evening 0.53 0.46
% of variance explained 6.1 5.4 5.0 4.4 4.3 6.4 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.2 4.1

Factors loading lower than ±0.20 are not presented for simplicity. Only food items with factor loading higher than ±0.20 for all dietary patterns are presented in the table (butter, bread, sugar, milk and fat-free milk were omitted). For men, on the 8 first patterns, number 4 (milk and dairy product), number 5 (bread, cheese, butter, regular breakfast) and number 8 (regular breakfast, lunch and dinner) are no presented here because of low interpretability and absence of relation with symptoms of depression. For women, number 6 (milk and dairy product) and number 3 (bread, carbohydrates, butter, sugar) are no presented.