TABLE 2.

Factor-loading matrix for the dietary patterns and food groups in sample.

	Pattern 1	Pattern 2	Pattern 3	Pattern 4	Pattern 5	Pattern 6
Fish	0.634*	–0.115	0.175	0.206	–0.086	0.002
Liquor	0.614*	–0.013	–0.201	–0.320	0.165	–0.131
Poultry	0.606*	0.096	–0.067	0.120	0.001	0.003
Red meat	0.600*	–0.013	0.205	0.079	0.139	0.157
Fats and oil	–0.047	0.825*	–0.048	–0.114	0.017	0.046
Condiment	0.049	0.815*	0.09	0.087	0.052	–0.007
Legumes and nuts	0.364	0.001	0.582*	–0.055	–0.098	0.061
Vegetables	0.184	–0.092	0.56*	0.275	0.241	–0.166
Coarse grains	–0.109	0.079	0.546*	0.006	0.071	0.063
Dairy	0.112	–0.03	–0.026	0.677*	–0.213	0.040
Fruits	–0.028	–0.033	0.338	0.590*	0.076	0.027
Eggs	0.287	0.085	–0.358	0.544*	0.230	0.018
Tubers	0.042	0.053	–0.082	–0.078	0.739*	0.122
Wheats and rice	0.056	0.018	0.235	0.021	0.732*	–0.001
Beverages	0.077	–0.050	0.078	–0.025	–0.031	0.790*
Cakes	–0.019	0.087	–0.041	0.088	0.146	0.712*
Percentage of variance explained	11.2%	8.8%	8.7%	8.6%	8.4%	7.7%

*Means factor loading with absolute value ≥0.5.