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. 2021 May 11;13(5):1607. doi: 10.3390/nu13051607

Table 1.

Factor loadings (≤−0.3 or ≥0.3) per dietary component (DC1-4). For the full table, see ST1.2.

DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4
Wholegrain bread vs. any other bread 0.58
Dried fruit frequency 0.48
Oily fish frequency 0.47
Raw vegetables/salad frequency 0.45
Fresh fruit frequency 0.45
Cooked vegetables frequency 0.38
Water frequency 0.34
Non-oily fish frequency 0.33 0.33
Cereal frequency 0.31
Ground coffee vs. any other coffee 0.32
Instant coffee vs. any other coffee −0.31
Refined sugar-sweetened cereal products −0.33
White bread vs. any other bread −0.55
‘I never eat dairy’ vs. no restrictions 0.64
‘I never eat wheat’ vs. no restrictions 0.64
‘I never eat eggs, sugar, wheat or dairy’ vs. no restrictions 0.51
‘I never eat eggs’ vs. no restrictions 0.50
‘I never eat dairy’ vs. no dairy restrictions 0.34
‘I never eat wheat’ vs. no wheat restrictions 0.34
‘I never eat sugar’ vs. no restrictions −0.31
Bread vs. ‘I never eat bread’ −0.38
Lamb frequency 0.75
Beef frequency 0.73
Pork frequency 0.73
Processed meat frequency 0.48
Poultry frequency 0.40
Added salt frequency 0.31
Fat content of milk 0.83
Semi-skimmed milk vs. any other milk 0.55
Full cream milk vs. any other milk 0.31
Skimmed milk vs. any other milk −0.84