Table 3.

Mean food group intakes according to quartiles of component scores obtained by factor analysis—principal component analysis of nutrient intake data in 3C (n = 1712), from food frequency questionnaires.

	Healthy Pattern Score					Western Pattern Score					Traditional—South-West of France Pattern Score
Food Groups (Servings Per Week)	Q1 (Lowest) n = 428	Q2 n = 428	Q3 n = 428	Q4 (Highest) n = 428	p *	Q1 n = 428	Q2 n = 428	Q3 n = 428	Q4 n = 428	p *	Q1 n = 428	Q2 n = 428	Q3 n = 428	Q4 n = 428	p *
Vegetables	16.5	18.5	20.1	21.7	<0.001	20.3	19.3	19.0	18.2	<0.001	18.7	19.4	19.5	19.1	0.38
Legumes	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.04	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.009	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.93
Fruits	11.1	12.6	14.3	16.1	<0.001	15.5	13.8	13.1	11.7	<0.001	13.9	14	12.5	13.6	0.006
Cereals	18.8	19.6	20.5	20.4	<0.001	20.7	20.5	19.5	18.6	<0.001	20.3	20	19.4	19.7	0.14
Potatoes	2.6	2.5	2.7	2.8	0.03	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.5	0.04	2.8	2.7	2.5	2.5	0.01
Meat	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	0.98	4.7	4.9	4.9	4.7	0.66	4.6	4.5	5	5	0.002
Fish/seafood	2.7	2.8	2.8	3.1	0.004	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.9	0.55	2.6	2.8	3.1	3	<0.001
Charcuterie	2.1	1.7	1.4	1.4	<0.001	1.5	1.7	1.5	1.9	0.04	1.5	1.5	1.7	2	<0.001
Dairy products	18.1	18.1	18	18.7	0.48	17.2	17.8	18.5	19.5	<0.001	20.3	18.5	17.5	16.5	<0.001
Biscuits and other sweet food	11.5	11.5	11.1	10.2	0.06	12.2	11.2	11.1	9.7	<0.001	11.7	11.6	10.9	10	0.001
Alcohol	14.4	11.7	11.2	12.6	0.02	15.8	13.4	9.9	10.8	<0.001	11	10.9	13.1	14.9	<0.001

* p for ANOVA test.