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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 28.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2021 Feb 26;126(12):1904–1910. doi: 10.1017/S0007114521000696

TABLE 1.

Final factors loadings and 75th percentile of daily grams/day of food groups making up the Southern dietary pattern (showing only those with absolute value > 0.20 for simplicity).

75th percentile Daily Serving Size of Food Item
(g/day)
Food Group Factor loading Q1
(lowest adherence)
Q2 Q3 Q4
(highest adherence)
Black White Black White Black White Black White
Added fats 0.38 8.2 12.6 9.6 15.0 12.7 19.7 21.8 30.9
Bread 0.37 23.8 31.8 26.8 38.9 37.1 55.1 74.0 89.6
Cereal – high fiber −0.25 16.8 17.4 8.6 6.7 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.2
Eggs and egg dishes 0.42 11.5 14.3 14.3 21.7 21.7 28.6 43.3 50.0
Fried food 0.56 15.6 8.8 16.7 13.3 25.5 19.5 60.0 36.3
Fried potatoes 0.16 5.0 5.0 5.0 9.3 5.0 9.3 10.5 18.6
Milk – high-fat 0.24 14.9 4.0 50.5 109.2 107.1 192.0 159.1 265.1
Milk – low-fat −0.42 252.1 346.0 0.0 74.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Organ meat 0.47 2.3 1.2 2.4 1.2 2.9 1.8 7.1 2.9
Processed meats 0.45 10.6 13.5 12.1 17.4 17.9 23.6 37.5 41.1
Red meat 0.26 18.8 36.5 19.3 41.6 27.8 54.4 48.1 80.1
Refined grains 0.20 26.1 27.4 21.3 26.0 26.9 28.0 42.7 40.3
Shell fish 0.23 4.2 4.9 3.5 6.2 4.3 8.4 8.4 12.4
Soda 0.24 55.4 51.4 102.9 156.0 156.0 205.7 312.0 360.0
Sugar-sweetened beverages 0.37 8.3 4.1 16.5 4.1 38.5 4.1 145.6 12.4
Vegetable – green-leafy −0.22 103.7 102.6 63.1 63.1 41.1 60.1 39.6 53.5
Yogurt −0.25 53.1 35.0 17.5 9.4 4.7 4.7 4.1 2.0