Table 2.

Factor loadings of dietary patterns of European adolescents, according to sex. HELENA study.

	Boys			Girls
Food Groups	Snacking and Bread	Mediterranean Diet	Breakfast	Convenience	Plant-Based and Eggs	Western	Breakfast
Breads	0.58	0.30	0.09	0.63	0.12	0.17	0.04
Breakfast cereals	0.17	−0.13	0.55	0.10	0.04	−0.02	0.57
Cereals (pasta, rice, and other)	0.09	0.46	−0.07	0.36	0.26	−0.30	−0.35
Bakery products	−0.04	0.27	0.06	−0.04	0.18	0.31	−0.09
Snacks	0.38	−0.02	−0.21	−0.05	0.20	0.47	−0.22
Sugar (sugar, honey, and other)	0.32	0.01	0.24	0.44	0.05	0.01	0.15
Vegetables oils, nuts and seeds	−0.03	0.76	−0.09	−0.04	0.72	−0.03	0.01
Butter and margarine	0.56	−0.06	0.22	0.62	−0.19	0.06	0.17
Sauces	0.38	−0.04	−0.11	0.30	−0.13	0.19	−0.05
Pulses	−0.18	0.40	0.05	−0.20	0.30	−0.06	0.13
Vegetables	0.08	0.63	0.15	0.09	0.62	0.01	0.07
Tubers	0.17	−0.24	0.18	−0.04	−0.09	0.40	0.28
Fruit	0.04	0.19	0.42	0.19	0.12	0.03	0.47
Soups	−0.01	0.01	0.26	−0.16	0.09	0.25	0.05
Coffee and tea	0.34	0.03	−0.20	0.43	−0.06	0.02	0.05
Juices	0.21	−0.03	0.05	0.07	−0.02	0.17	0.05
SSBs	0.46	−0.13	−0.42	0.18	−0.08	0.60	−0.10
Alcohol	0.20	0.04	−0.27	−0.01	−0.01	0.15	−0.21
Meat	0.22	0.19	0.11	0.06	0.08	0.33	0.08
Fish	−0.20	0.15	0.25	−0.18	0.25	−0.09	0.15
Eggs	0.04	0.15	0.17	0.05	0.41	0.03	0.09
Milk	−0.03	−0.03	0.70	0.04	0.13	−0.21	0.58
Dairy	0.10	−0.18	0.30	−0.02	−0.18	0.20	0.33
Cheese	0.36	0.47	−0.07	0.45	0.26	−0.07	−0.28
Mixed foods	−0.02	−0.05	−0.19	−0.16	0.13	0.03	−0.15
Desserts	0.49	−0.03	−0.08	0.15	−0.05	0.53	0.01
% variance	7.8	7.7	6.9	7.1	6.2	6.2	5.9
% cumulative	7.8	15.5	22.4	7.1	13.3	19.5	25.4

SSBs: sugar-sweetened beverages. In bold factor loadings |>0.30|.