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. 2020 May 12;95(4):452–458. doi: 10.1016/j.abd.2020.02.002

Table 2.

Food patterns and factorial loads of the foods that make up each pattern, identified by analyzing the sample food frequency questionnaire.

Pattern 1 (processed diet) FL Pattern 2 (fresh diet) FL
Pizza 0.79 Raw vegetables 0.73
Deep fried savory snack 0.74 Cooked vegetables 0.73
Filled cookie 0.69 Tomato 0.70
Charcuterie 0.69 Cooked greens 0.68
Cheese 0.67 Broccoli 0.62
Sandwiches 0.66 Carrot 0.59
Soda 0.64 Lettuce 0.57
Flour 0.53 Orange 0.50
Burger 0.52 Salt 0.42
Mayonnaise 0.45 Apple 0.42
Baked savory snack 0.38 Olive oil/cooking oil 0.39
Breads 0.38 Banana 0.38
Desserts 0.37 Melon 0.38
Sausage 0.35 Papaya 0.38
Industrialized juice 0.32 Potato 0.31
Butter 0.32

FL, factorial load; KMO = 0.65.