Table A5.

Factor loadings of the principal dietary patterns identified (45–54 years).

Product Group	Factors Identified (Dietary Patterns)
	DP 1 Rational	DP 2 Salt	DP 3 Meat	DP 4 Mixed
Meat	−0.033	0.192	0.656 1	−0.124
Fish and seafoods	0.016	−0.173	0.676 1	0.374
Poultry	0.122	0.128	0.608 1	−0.003
Sausage products	0.065	0.786 1	0.149	−0.037
Pickled products	−0.009	0.518 1	0.111	0.546 1
Cereals, pasta	0.514 1	0.243	0.096	0.151
Fruit and vegetables	0.540 1	−0.307	0.351	−0.040
Legumes	0.106	−0.051	−0.030	0.837 1
Sweets and pastries	0.686 1	0.321	−0.042	−0.134
Dairy products	0.757 1	−0.249	−0.038	0.157
Proportion of explained variance, %	16.3	12.9	14.3	12.2

Note: ¹ Factor loadings of food consumption frequency higher than 0.400 or less than −0.400.