Table 2:

Dietary pattern factor loading in a Midwestern cohort study of reproductive-age women

Food Category	Food Group	Prudent Diet	Western Diet
Meats	Processed meats	−0.21	0.55
	Red meats	−0.21	0.49
	Organ meats	−0.13	0.02
	Poultry	−0.08	0.51
	Fish	0.18	0.31
Dairy and eggs	Eggs	0.27	0.08
	Butter	0.25	0.18
	Margarine	0.02	0.48
	Low fat dairy	0.17	0.21
	High fat dairy	0.23	0.37
	Cream Soup	0.10	0.32
Carbohydrates	Whole grains	0.37	0.09
	Breakfast cereals	0.04	0.23
	Refined grains	0.14	0.60
	Potatoes	0.16	0.44
Fruit and vegetables	Fruit	0.70	−0.10
	Cruciferous vegetables	0.59	−0.21
	Yellow vegetables	0.59	−0.24
	Tomatoes	0.49	0.24
	Green vegetables	0.52	0.00
	Legumes	0.57	−0.03
	Other vegetables	0.68	0.16
Snacks	Snacks Food	0.10	0.42
	Nuts	0.51	−0.20
	Sweets	−0.10	0.38
	Snack bars	0.31	0.02
Other foods	Fries	−0.23	0.45
	Pizza	−0.10	0.48
	Olive oil and vinegar	0.51	0.18
	Mayonnaise	0.02	0.58
	Dairy replacement	0.00	−0.05
	Artificial sweetener	0.17	0.02
	Condiments	0.29	0.29
Drinks	Water	0.41	−0.23
	Coffee drinks	0.18	0.40
	Tea	0.37	0.02
	Fruit juice	0.00	0.47
	High calorie drinks	−0.08	0.51
	Low calorie drinks	0.25	0.04
	Decaffeinated drinks	0.09	−0.10

Values are loading factors; loading factors ≥ |0.4| were considered discriminatory and are bolded.