Table 3.
Factor loadings of the food groups for the main dietary patterns identified among the participating youths before and after lockdown
| Pre-lockdown | Post-lockdown | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food items | Pattern A | Pattern B | Pattern C | Pattern A | Pattern C | Pattern B |
| Rice | −0·165 | 0·750* | 0·128 | −0·122 | 0·105 | 0·771* |
| Wheat products | −0·060 | 0·262* | 0·769* | −0·092 | 0·743* | 0·296* |
| Other staple foods | 0·236* | 0·037 | 0·722* | 0·204* | 0·703* | 0·034 |
| Meat | 0·296* | 0·595* | 0·203* | 0·350* | 0·223* | 0·561* |
| Poultry | 0·542* | 0·196 | 0·248* | 0·561* | 0·289* | 0·141 |
| Fish | 0·567* | −0·120 | 0·327* | 0·551* | 0·355* | −0·147 |
| Eggs | 0·592* | 0·335* | 0·079 | 0·621* | 0·094 | 0·260* |
| Fresh vegetables | 0·324* | 0·696* | −0·095 | 0·403* | −0·109 | 0·659* |
| Preserved vegetables | 0·363* | −0·058 | 0·453* | 0·253* | 0·510* | −0·030 |
| Fresh fruit | 0·641* | 0·330* | −0·053 | 0·681* | −0·027 | 0·277* |
| Soyabean products | 0·646* | −0·111 | 0·265* | 0·600* | 0·371* | −0·168 |
| Dairy products | 0·712* | 0·141 | 0·023 | 0·724* | 0·073 | 0·08 |
| Indices | ||||||
| Eigenvalues | 2·711 | 1·781 | 1·632 | 2·764 | 1·741 | 1·653 |
| Proportion of variation | 22·593 | 14·843 | 13·600 | 23·042 | 14·511 | 13·782 |
| Cumulative proportion | 22·593 | 37·436 | 51·036 | 23·042 | 37·553 | 51·335 |
*
Coefficients of > |0·20|. Pattern A: loaded most heavily on dairy products; Pattern B: loaded most heavily on rice; Pattern C: loaded most heavily on wheat products.