Table 2.

Factor-loading matrix for the two dietary patterns and their food or food groups in Chinese children.

Food or Food Groups	Westernized Pattern	Traditional Chinese Pattern
Wheat and rice	0.20	0.36 *
Other cereals and tubers	−0.05	0.75 *
Fried cereal food	0.09	0.60 *
Legumes	0.11	0.67 *
Vegetables	0.32 *	0.49 *
Salted vegetables	0.04	0.35 *
Fungi and algae	0.31 *	0.33 *
Fruits	0.51 *	0.27
Milk	0.49 *	0.01
Red meat	0.53 *	0.32 *
Processed meat	0.32 *	0.22
Poultry	0.42 *	0.12
Aquatic products	0.54 *	0.19
Eggs	0.42 *	0.02
Nuts	0.50 *	0.15
Cakes and snacks	0.61 *	0.30 *
Fresh fruit and vegetable juice	0.49 *	0.00
Sugary beverages	0.57 *	0.09
Coffee and tea	0.33 *	0.04
% of explained variance	21.6%	7.3%

* Means factor loading with absolute value ≥ 0.3.