TABLE 1.

Food grouping used in the dietary pattern analyses

Food groups	Food items
Processed meats	Hamburgers, sausages
Red meat	Beef and veal, sheep, minced meat
Organ meat	Heart, liver, tripe, kidney, brain, tongue
Fish	Canned tuna fish, other fish.
Poultry	Chicken
Egg	Egg
Low‐fat dairy products	Low‐fat milk, Low‐fat yogurt, doogh (A drink made from a mixture of water and yogurt)
High fat dairy products	High fat milk, chocolate milk, high fat yogurt, cream, ice cream, cheese
Tea, coffee	Tea, coffee
Nut	Peanut, almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, walnuts, roasted seeds
Legumes	Lentils, beans, chick peas, split peas, Soya and other legumes
Fruit	Apricots, cantaloupes, tangerine, plums, cherries, oranges, persimmons, peaches, Pears, apples, grapes, bananas, watermelon, kiwi, strawberries, mulberry, pomegranates, lemons, figs, dates and greengages.
Natural juices	Natural water fruits
Commercial fruit juice	Industrial Juice
Vegetables	Lettuce, winter squash, green peas, carrot, cabbage, sweet peppers, spinach, turnip, vegetables (basil), Corn, broad beans, cucumber, cooked vegetables, zucchini, eggplant, celery, green beans, garlic, onion, mushroom, Tomatoes
Whole grains	Dark breads (Iranian), barely, bulgur, corn
Refined grain	White breads (lavash, baguettes, taftun, barbary), pasta, rice, biscuits
Dried fruit	Raisins, currant, Dried fruits such as fig, Berries, Apricot, Peach
Olive	Olive, olive oil
Snacks	French fries, potato chips, cheese puffs
Sweets	Chocolates, cookies, cakes, confections
Saturated fats	Solid oil, animal fats
Butter	Butters, Margarine, Mayonnaise
Unsaturated fats	Vegetable oils (except olive oil)
Salt	Salt
Soft drinks	Soft drinks
Pickles	Pickles
Sugar	Sugar