Table 1. Factor loading of the dietary patterns of pregnant women obtained by principal component analysis. Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo, 2011–2012. (n = 785).

Food group (g/day)	Feeding pattern
	Traditional Brazilian	Snacks	Coffee	Healthy
Rice	0.811	-0.014	0.015	0.015
Beans	0.738	-0.042	-0.024	0.125
Meats (red meat and chicken)	0.448	0.091	-0.047	-0.165
Snacks, pizzas and sandwiches	-0.331	0.101	-0.232	-0.012
Pasta	-0.291	0.155	0.118	-0.290
Breads	0.159	0.718	0.299	-0.049
Butter and margarine	0.222	0.547	0.321	-0.145
Cold meats	0.221	0.467	0.026	0.037
Milk and yogurt	0.134	0.448	-0.320	0.249
Hard and soft cheese	-0.315	0.440	-0.168	0.221
Candies	-0.141	0.330	-0.067	-0.180
Coffee and tea	0.051	0.067	0.787	-0.028
Sugar	-0.009	0.134	0.651	0.114
Chocolate milk and cappuccino	0.101	0.467	-0.520	-0.080
Natural fruit juice	-0.185	0.083	-0.070	0.616
Vegetables	0.383	0.048	-0.046	0.576
Soda and artificial juice	0.114	0.261	-0.208	-0.547
Fruits	0.021	0.022	0.074	0.544
Variance %	11.4	10.5	9.8	9.0
Cumulative variance %	11.4	22.0	31.8	40.8

^a The foods whose factor loading is higher than 0.30 were kept in the matrix. Extraction method: principal component analysis. Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser normalization.

Factor loading values ≥ 0.3 or ≤ -0.3 are shown in bold.