Table 1.

Factor loadings for food groups in Principal Component Analysis (PCA)-derived dietary patterns and the Pearson’s correlation coefficients for food groups in the ‘Polish-aMED’ (n = 560).

Food Groups	PCA-Derived Dietary Patterns			‘Polish-aMED’ Score
	‘Prudent’	‘Non-Healthy’	‘Dressings and Sweetened-Low-Fat Dairy’
Vegetables	0.55	0.00	0.04	0.49 *
Fruits	0.55	0.02	−0.04	0.46 *
Milk, fermented milk drinks, curd cheese	0.54	0.00	0.28	0.28 *
Whole grain products	0.53	−0.42	−0.03	0.47 *
Fish	0.51	−0.05	0.05	0.34 *
Legumes	0.48	−0.01	−0.14	0.33 *
Nuts and seeds	0.46	−0.28	−0.16	0.44 *
Vegetable oils (including olive oil)	0.44	0.27	−0.04	0.30 *
Eggs	0.43	0.24	−0.01	0.18 *
Fruit, vegetable, vegetable-fruit juices	0.39	0.19	0.06	0.12 *
Cereals	0.35	−0.07	0.19	0.18 *
Cheese	0.31	0.30	0.08	0.11 *
White meat	0.30	0.28	0.22	0.11 *
Refined grain products	−0.22	0.71	0.12	−0.32 *
Sugar, honey and sweets	−0.02	0.60	0.09	−0.10 *
Red and processed meats	0.11	0.56	0.04	−0.18 *
Potatoes	0.03	0.52	0.04	−0.10 *
Animal fats	0.12	0.47	−0.65	−0.16 *
Sweetened beverages, energy drinks	0.03	0.35	−0.13	−0.02
Other edible fats (margarine, mayonnaise, dressings)	−0.06	0.17	0.81	−0.01
Sweetened milk drinks and flavoured homogenized cheese	0.28	0.22	0.39	0.05
Ratio of vegetable oils to animal fat	NA	NA	NA	0.37
Share in explaining the variance (%)	14	12	7	NA

‘Polish-aMED’—‘Polish-adapted Mediterranean Diet’ (range of points: 0–8); NA—not applied; bolded values are marked for the main components of PCA-derived dietary patterns with absolute loadings ≥0.3 and for eight components of the ‘Polish-aMED’ score; * p < 0.05, test of significance for Pearson’s correlation coefficients.