Table 2.

Nutrient patterns obtained by factor analysis using principal component analysis of nutrient intakes.

3C				NuAge
Nutrient	Factor 1 Healthy	Factor 2 Western	Factor 3 Traditional South-West of France	Nutrient	Factor 1 Healthy	Factor 2 Western	Factor 3 Traditional
Potassium	0.83	0.30	−0.01	Potassium	0.86	0.28	0.22
Fiber	0.78	0.10	−0.03	Fiber	0.81	0.17	0.02
Magnesium	0.75	0.46	−0.03	Magnesium	0.81	0.35	0.16
Folates	0.70	0.07	0.44	Vitamin B6	0.73	0.25	0.29
Vitamin B6	0.67	0.37	0.19	Vitamin C	0.66	−0.09	−0.04
Carbohydrates	0.61	0.34	−0.09	Carbohydrates	0.57	0.49	0.02
Vitamin C	0.58	−0.17	0.09	Phosphorus	0.57	0.52	0.39
Iron	0.49	0.34	0.35	Iron	0.57	0.48	0.28
Carotene	0.42	−0.17	0.00	Carotene	0.48	−0.10	−0.01
Zinc	0.14	0.08	0.08	Vitamin E	0.48	0.32	0.01
Vitamin E	0.31	0.31	0.07	MUFA	0.13	0.86	0.09
Proteins	0.47	0.67	0.05	SFA	0.00	0.82	0.16
MUFA	0.10	0.77	0.06	PUFA-n3	0.11	0.68	−0.09
SFA	0.10	0.76	0.03	Proteins	0.41	0.57	0.39
Phosphorus	0.51	0.72	0.04	Calcium	0.41	0.46	0.25
PUFA-n3	−0.06	0.58	0.06	Folates	0.00	0.45	−0.01
Calcium	0.32	0.55	−0.09	PUFA-n6	0.21	0.40	−0.11
PUFA-n6	0.19	0.49	0.09	Vitamin D	0.24	0.27	0.26
Vitamin D	−0.17	0.42	0.11	Vitamin B12	0.01	−0.04	0.92
Vitamin A	0.05	0.01	0.91	Vitamin A	0.02	−0.10	0.83
Vitamin B12	0.08	0.14	0.91	Zinc	0.25	0.42	0.49
Variance explained (%)	21.6	18.6	9.9		22.8	19.2	11.5

SFA: saturated fatty acids, MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids.