Table 2.

Factor loading of dietary patterns in Diqing, Yunnan, China (N = 3591)

Food items	Grassland healthy	Tuber and meat	Fruit and vegetable
Yogurt	0.76	0.02	−0.04
Soy products	0.70	0.04	0.06
Eggs	0.65	−0.10	0.22
Milk	0.53	0.13	−0.13
Coarse cereals	0.24	0.08	−0.03
Cakes	0.20	0.13	−0.03
Pork	0.15	0.60	0.12
Wheaten food	0.10	0.35	0.21
Juice and beverage	0.08	0.09	0.07
Aquatic product	0.06	0.03	0.09
Oil	0.05	0.02	−0.16
Rice	0.04	0.06	0.02
Tuber	0.03	0.67	0.13
Beans	0.02	0.02	−0.06
Fruits	0.02	−0.06	0.74
Vegetables	0.02	0.16	0.74
Animal organs	0.00	0.00	−0.04
Salt	−0.02	0.02	0.20
Beef and mutton	−0.03	0.67	−0.12
Poultry	−0.10	−0.01	0.03

In bold are the rotated factors loading > 0.25 or < − 0.25. The three types of pattern explained 11.3%, 7.5% and 6.6% of the variance in dietary intake, respectively