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. 2021 Mar 1;16(3):e0247269. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247269

Table 6. Identified factors and their corresponding loading values for MEDAS and MDSS indexes (principal component analysis).

MEDAS index food groups (factor loadings) MDSS index food groups (factor loadings)
Factor 1 Vegetables total (0.867), raw vegetables (0.866), fruit (0.415) Fruit (0.718), vegetables (0.682), legumes (0.676), nuts (0.581)
Factor 2 Olive oil for cooking (0.796), olive oil quantity in tablespoons (0.782), fish/shellfish (0.558) Fish (0.816), olive oil (0.696)
Factor 3 Sweet beverages (0.663), red meat/processed meat (0.583), sweets/pastries (0.509), white meat instead of red meat (-0.497), butter (0.425) Red meat (0.750), potatoes (0.732), white meat (0.490), wine (0.454)
Factor 4 Nuts (0.684), fruit (0.462), butter (0.451), white meat instead of red meat (0.390), legumes (0.382), fish/shellfish (0.360) Eggs (0.733), dairy (0.707), white meat (0.333)
Factor 5 Sofrito sauce (0.755), legumes (0.525) Cereals (0.794), white meat (0,340), wine (-0.324), dairy (-0.315)
Factor 6 Wine (0.756), butter (0.459), sweets (-0.390) sweets (0.770), wine (-0.613)