Table 2.

Factor loadings for three dietary patterns among adults in Southwest China.

Traditional		Modern		Tuber
Wheat	0.69	Vegetables	0.63	Tubers	0.59
Cakes	0.55	Milk	0.49	Fruits	0.48
Oil	0.41	Eggs	0.44	Cakes	0.26
Beans	0.23	Meat	0.39	Other wheat	0.24
Vegetables	0.22	Wheat	0.30	Vegetables	0.21
Organ meat	0.20	Beans	0.28	Wheat	0.17
Nuts	0.11	Fast food	0.26	Beans	0.16
Liquor	0.14	Poultry	0.22	Poultry	0.13
Poultry	0.12	Beer	0.21	Nuts	0.11
Fish	0.11	Oil	0.19	Organ meat	0.04
Other wheat	−0.03	Cakes	0.14	Eggs	−0.01
Tubers	−0.06	Nuts	0.11	Meat	−0.02
Meat	−0.10	Fruits	0.07	Rice	−0.05
Fruits	−0.14	Fish	−0.02	Oil	−0.13
Beer	−0.15	Rice	−0.07	Fast food	−0.18
Eggs	−0.20	Organ meat	−0.14	Milk	−0.24
Fast food	−0.21	Liquor	−0.20	Fish	−0.32
Milk	−0.24	Other wheat	−0.21	Beer	−0.37
Rice	−0.65	Tubers	−0.37	Liquor	−0.48
Variance explained (%)	9.2		7.5		6.9

Food groups with absolute values greater than 0.25 are presented as figures in bold. Variance explained is expressed as a percentage.