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

Table 2.

Food groups strongly associated with the eGFR-based dietary pattern score in men obtained by reduced rank regression.

Quartiles of Dietary Pattern Score in Men 2 (n = 32,589) (g/Day)
Food Groups Factor Loading 1 1 2 3 4 P–Trend
High intake
High–fat cheese 0.38 11.6 (3.6–22.9) 16.6 (6.3–30.6) 21.2 (7.8–39.7) 28.3 (10.2–55.5) <0.001
Bread 0.34 129.9 (90.2–165.6) 150.1 (115.0–197.0) 169.9 (132.8–211.1) 198.0 (148.0–257.7) <0.001
Full–fat milk 0.23 0 (0–11.9) 0 (0–34.6) 5.4 (0–71.8) 38.3 (0–139.4) <0.001
Fruits 0.23 42.3 (16.9–110.1) 84.6 (42.3–152.4) 110.1 (52.7–220.2) 220.2 (84.6–228.6) <0.001
Vegetables 0.21 74.3 (41.6–110.5) 81.8 (62.1–113.1) 110.2 (63.5–149.1) 113.1 (76.3–162.5) <0.001
Beer 0.21 43.0 (0–107.4) 57.3 (11.9–142.8) 71.4 (18.9–171.9) 73.9 (19.1–214.2) <0.001
Low–fat cheese 0.20 0 (0–3.1) 0 (0–6.9) 0 (0–10.3) 0 (0–17.9) <0.001
Legumes 0.20 0 (0–11.0) 5.5 (0–16.4) 8.9 (0–17.6) 16.4 (4.4–27.4) <0.001
Low intake
White meat −0.33 13.2 (9.5–19.4) 9.6 (6.7–13.9) 8.4 (5.3–12.4) 7.5 (2.3–11.2) <0.001
Red meat −0.22 29.4 (20.4–39.5) 24.5 (15.1–32.1) 22.3 (12.9–30.5) 18.5 (9.3–28.2) <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).