Table 2.
Factor loadings and dietary patterns for the 23 food groups derived from factor analysis.
| Food Groups | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pattern I | Pattern II | Pattern III | Pattern I | Pattern II | Pattern III | |
| Pork | 0.564 | 0.603 | ||||
| Poultry | 0.556 | 0.553 | ||||
| Vegetables | 0.544 | −0.266 | 0.592 | |||
| Seafood | 0.512 | 0.535 | ||||
| Pastry snacks | 0.494 | 0.466 | ||||
| Other animal meats | 0.462 | 0.310 | 0.341 | 0.414 | ||
| Fruits | 0.429 | 0.319 | 0.306 | 0.347 | 0.279 | 0.458 |
| Milk and its products | 0.348 | 0.362 | 0.275 | |||
| Soft drink | 0.345 | 0.279 | ||||
| Whole grains | 0.325 | 0.286 | ||||
| Nuts and seeds | 0.290 | 0.322 | ||||
| Animal viscera | ||||||
| Vegetable oils | 0.758 | 0.784 | ||||
| Other condiments | 0.717 | 0.684 | ||||
| Salt | 0.673 | 0.727 | ||||
| Dry legumes | −0.477 | −0.479 | ||||
| Soy products | 0.450 | 0.374 | ||||
| Eggs | 0.309 | 0.291 | ||||
| Wine | ||||||
| Animal oils | ||||||
| Rice | 0.262 | −0.773 | −0.739 | |||
| Wheat | −0.266 | 0.753 | –0.418 | 0.666 | ||
| Tubers | 0.322 | 0.359 | ||||
Factor loadings of <0.26 in absolute terms were excluded for simplicity; pattern I: modern dietary pattern; pattern II: vegetable oils/condiments/soy products dietary pattern; pattern III: modern high–wheat pattern dietary pattern.