Table 1.
Factor analysis results. Only the components’ values significantly related to each factor are reported.
| Factors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Starch | 0.883 | ||||||
| Carbohydrates | 0.832 | ||||||
| Glycaemic load | 0.821 | −0.361 | |||||
| Plant-based protein | 0.751 | 0.373 | |||||
| Glucides | 0.656 | −0.450 | |||||
| Vegetable fats | 0.826 | ||||||
| Omega-6 | 0.747 | 0.362 | |||||
| Monounsaturated fats | 0.738 | 0.526 | |||||
| Polyunsaturated fats | 0.714 | 0.378 | |||||
| Vitamin E | 0.620 | 0.597 | |||||
| Animal lipids | 0.842 | ||||||
| Saturated fats | 0.366 | 0.795 | |||||
| Animal-based protein | 0.659 | 0.483 | 0.378 | ||||
| Protein value | 0.559 | 0.377 | |||||
| Vitamin C | 0.767 | ||||||
| Folic acid | 0.730 | ||||||
| Vitamin A | 0.568 | ||||||
| Vitamin B6 | 0.357 | 0.555 | |||||
| Insoluble fibre | 0.368 | 0.549 | 0.520 | ||||
| Tryptophan | 0.913 | ||||||
| Phenylalanine | 0.903 | ||||||
| Tyrosine | 0.395 | 0.830 | |||||
| Vitamin D | 0.864 | ||||||
| Omega-3 | 0.798 | ||||||
| Vitamin B12 | 0.537 | ||||||
| Glycaemic Index | −0.791 | ||||||
| Soluble fibre | 0.435 | 0.518 | 0.541 | ||||
| Eigenvalues | 8.64 | 3.94 | 2.52 | 1.97 | 1.36 | 1.23 | 1.13 |
| % of cumulative variance | 32.0 | 46.6 | 55.9 | 63.3 | 68.3 | 72.9 | 77.1 |