Table 2.

Factor Loading Matrix for the Nutrients Representing the Three Major Nutrient Patterns from Food Frequency Questionnairedata of Cases (134) and Controls (267)

Nutrients	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4
Vitamin B1 (mg)	0.928		0.121	0.176
Vitamin B9 (µg)	0.887			0.146
Magnesium (mg)	0.886	0.216
Vitamin B3 (mg)	0.869	0.153	0.194	0.112
Fe (mg)	0.864			0.173
Carbohydrates (gr)	0.853	0.108
Fiber (gr)	0.832	-0.145
Selenium (µg)	0.818	0.206		0.182
Vitamin B6 (mg)	0.818	0.324	0.242	0.166
Zinc (mg)	0.813	0.417		0.140
Protein (gr)	0.794	0.410	0.277	0.226
potassium (mg)	0.792	0.332	0.143	0.123
Vitamin B5 (mg)	0.729	0.507	0.186	0.110
Vitamin B2 (mg)	0.675	0.618	0.103	0.129
Calcium (mg)	0.609	0.444	0.125	0.203
Vitamin C (mg)	0.572	0.191
Vitamin B12 (µg)	0.111	0.878
Vitamin A (µg)	0.256	0.795
Cholesterol (mg)	0.222	0.580	0.181	0.252
EPA 20:5 (gr)	0.142		0.982
Vitamin D (µg)	0.149		0.980
DHA 22:6 (gr)	0.162		0.973
Fatty acid-MUFA (gr)	0.276	0.141		0.921
Vitamin E-alpha tocopherol (mg)	0.121			0.916
Fatty acid- saturated (gr)	0.412	0.411	0.128	0.570
Percentage of Variance explained	41.340	13.910	12.450	9.270