Table 4.
Food patterns and factor loads of food groups extracted from the factor analysis with the principal component extraction method for individuals of the BALANCE program’s control group. Brazil.
| Food Groups | Food Patterns—Baseline Year | Food Patterns—First Year of Follow-Up | Food Patterns—Second Year of Follow-Up | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional | Snack | Cardioprotective | Western | Traditional | Cardioprotective | Western | Snack | Traditional | Cardioprotective | Snack | Western | |
| Factor Load * | ||||||||||||
| Rice | 0.8092 | −0.0353 | 0.1162 | −0.0107 | 0.7767 | 0.0023 | −0.0950 | −0.0262 | 0.7716 | 0.0429 | −0.0505 | 0.0297 |
| Pasta | −0.2046 | 0.0282 | −0.1869 | 0.3245 | −0.1580 | −0.2167 | 0.3478 | −0.0511 | −0.1962 | −0.0194 | −0.0467 | 0.2836 |
| Beans | 0.7871 | 0.0058 | −0.0509 | 0.0561 | 0.7139 | −0.0242 | −0.0059 | −0.0391 | 0.6801 | −0.0115 | −0.0300 | −0.036 |
| Vegetables | −0.1025 | 0.1168 | 0.5026 | −0.3194 | −0.1376 | 0.5521 | −0.1191 | −0.028 | −0.1377 | 0.5733 | 0.0615 | −0.2435 |
| Fruits and juices | 0.1776 | −0.0372 | 0.6898 | −0.0274 | 0.2136 | 0.5625 | 0.1217 | 0.0816 | 0.2673 | 0.6202 | 0.0055 | −0.0568 |
| Meat and eggs | 0.3919 | −0.2389 | 0.0321 | −0.0317 | 0.6020 | 0.0416 | 0.2101 | 0.0353 | 0.5985 | 0.0569 | −0.0019 | 0.0964 |
| Fish | 0.0720 | 0.0880 | 0.0682 | 0.6170 | −0.0427 | −0.0873 | 0.4692 | 0.3557 | 0.1395 | −0.2221 | 0.2431 | 0.3197 |
| Processed meats | 0.0201 | 0.0634 | 0.1355 | −0.0970 | −0.1483 | 0.1091 | −0.0864 | −0.0749 | −0.1195 | 0.2141 | −0.1711 | −0.0057 |
| Butter and margarine | 0.1285 | 0.5144 | 0.0061 | 0.3229 | 0.1121 | −0.0576 | 0.0168 | 0.5226 | 0.1571 | −0.1075 | 0.3842 | 0.2802 |
| Breads, cereals and crackers | −0.1105 | 0.6650 | 0.0951 | 0.1067 | −0.0398 | 0.1074 | −0.1102 | 0.7322 | −0.0445 | −0.0913 | 0.5289 | 0.1051 |
| Sweets and desserts | −0.0273 | −0.1202 | 0.0120 | 0.4320 | −0.1639 | 0.0991 | 0.4203 | 0.0415 | −0.093 | 0.0793 | −0.2381 | 0.4181 |
| Snacks | −0.1943 | −0.1542 | −0.0013 | 0.3006 | −0.2218 | 0.0197 | 0.4950 | −0.2359 | −0.1138 | 0.0415 | −0.2631 | 0.5664 |
| Sugary drinks | 0.0774 | −0.0930 | −0.1972 | 0.4945 | 0.1123 | −0.0252 | 0.7123 | −0.0732 | 0.1246 | −0.0205 | 0.1117 | 0.7166 |
| Dairy products | −0.0343 | 0.7033 | −0.0672 | −0.1694 | −0.1151 | 0.5571 | −0.2174 | 0.0641 | −0.1406 | 0.1762 | 0.7161 | −0.0482 |
| Cheeses | −0.1827 | 0.2461 | 0.3945 | 0.2735 | −0.2232 | 0.3950 | 0.2884 | 0.3782 | −0.1935 | 0.5815 | 0.1067 | 0.2725 |
| Coffee and tea | −0.1034 | −0.3592 | 0.1813 | 0.2296 | −0.0884 | −0.4414 | 0.0108 | 0.4326 | −0.0747 | −0.0496 | −0.5422 | 0.0677 |
| Olive oil | 0.0196 | −0.0603 | 0.6099 | 0.0820 | 0.2083 | 0.4024 | 0.1781 | 0.1634 | 0.2418 | 0.5639 | 0.0884 | 0.0478 |
| Variance (%) | 11.67% | 10% | 9.04% | 7.95% | 12.02% | 10.34% | 9.10% | 8.13% | 11.83% | 9.88% | 9.18% | 7.80% |
* Factor load ≥ 0.30 or ≤0.30.