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. 2020 Apr 16;12(4):1099. doi: 10.3390/nu12041099

Table 1.

Food groups strongly associated with the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)-based dietary pattern score in women obtained by reduced rank regression.

Quartiles of Dietary Pattern Score in Women 2 (n = 45,746) (g/Day)
Food Groups Factor Loading 1 1 2 3 4 P-Trend
High intake
Eggs 0.42 7.2 (4.5–14.3) 7.2 (4.5–17.9) 7.2 (4.5–17.9) 17.9 (7.2–32.2) <0.001
Low-fat cheese 0.23 0 (0–4.6) 0.4 (0–8.2) 2.0 (0–11.8) 5.1 (0–17.9) <0.001
High-fat cheese 0.23 11.9 (4.6–22.4) 14.3 (5.9–26.1) 16.3 (6.5–30.5) 22.5 (8.5–42.8) <0.001
Legumes 0.20 0 (0–6.6) 4.4 (0–11.0) 4.4 (0–11.0) 11.0 (0–17.6) <0.001
Low intake
Sweetened dairy drinks −0.27 101.6 (53.6–174.6) 80.3 (40.4–139.4) 58.8 (23.4–104.8) 40.1 (8.9–83.9) <0.001
Desserts −0.26 13.4 (3.4–39.9) 8.3 (0–21.0) 3.4 (0–8.3) 3.4 (0–8.3) <0.001
Cakes and cookies −0.24 46.3 (30.4–66.4) 35.3 (23.1–49.9) 27.8 (17.4–40.8) 20.4 (11.6–33.5) <0.001
Sweet sandwich toppings −0.22 19.3 (9.7–28.1) 10.8 (2.7–19.4) 5.4 (1.3–14.0) 2.2 (0–9.7) <0.001
White meat −0.22 12.4 (8.4–19.4) 10.8 (6.8–15.6) 9.4 (5.4–13.5) 7.4 (2.7–11.2) <0.001
Commercially prepared dishes −0.21 33.3 (14.4–53.8) 31.3 (11.8–48.6) 21.2 (5.9–35.6) 13.2 (0–32.4) <0.001

Data are shown with median and interquartile range (25%–75%). 1 Factor loading was obtained directly by reduced rank regression. 2 Dietary pattern score was the sum of the unweighted standardized food variables with high factor loadings (≥0.2).