Table 3. Factor-loading matrix for the four breakfast patterns derived from three 24-hours recalls, in the studya, b.

Food Groups	Processed food pattern	Cereal pattern	High fat diet pattern	Dairy & cereal pattern
Processed meat	0.76	−0.03	0.05	−0.03
Cheese	0.69	−0.03	0.06	−0.14
Fruiting vegetables	0.54	0.1	0	0.04
Margarine	0.36	−0.06	−0.09	−0.05
Sugar & confectionary	−0.34	−0.07	0.33	−0.11
Tea	−0.03	0.85	0.16	−0.1
Cakes & cookies	−0.07	−0.1	−0.02	−0.07
Coffee	0.05	−0.84	0.22	−0.09
Eggs	0.21	0	0.89	0.16
Butter	−0.16	0.01	0.49	−0.1
Bread	0.32	−0.02	0.33	−0.2
Milk & dairy products	−0.07	−0.15	−0.04	0.93
Breakfast cereals	−0.09	0.23	−0.07	0.54
Fruits	0.01	0.07	−0.02	0.16
Other non-alcoholic drinks	0.04	0.06	−0.05	0.02
Fruit & vegetable juice	0.05	0.03	0.08	0.03

^aBreakfast intake was extracted from 24-hours recalls.

^bLoadings with an absolute value of 0.2 or higher are bold printed.