Table 2.

Factor loadings for 3 dietary patterns derived from factor analysis by gender^a

Food groups	Male			Female
	Pattern I	Pattern II	Pattern III	Pattern I	Pattern II	Pattern III
Poultry	0.687			0.483
Light-colored vegetables	0.686			0.593
Red meat and its products	0.546	0.471		0.528	0.327
Cereals and tubers products	0.545			0.540
Condiment	0.543		0.472	0.383
Oils	0.397		0.385
Dark-colored vegetables	0.350	0.536
Eggs and eggs products		0.533			0.471
Fruit		0.431	0.430	0.370	0.419
Pickled vegetables		0.347
Whole grains		0.336
Drink						0.430
Soy products
Milk and its products					0.399
Other food					0.481
Seafood					0.461
Pastry snacks			0.580		0.673
Nut			0.525			0.732
Wine			0.362			0.685

^aFactor loading values < 0.30 were excluded for simplicity