Nutrition Journal

Table 3 Factor Loadings and Explained Variances (VAR) of the Major Dietary Patterns identified in two studies, using an exploratory common factor analysis

From: Comparison in dietary patterns derived for the Canadian Newfoundland and Labrador population through two time-separated studies

Food groups	Factor loadings^a
	Current population				Former population
	Meat	Vegetables/Fruits	Fish	Grain	Meat	Plant-based diet	Fish
Milk
Yogurt
Coffee				−0.31
Tea
Sugar
Soft drinks				−0.20
Egg
Cheese							−0.24
Mixed dishes					0.43
Red meat	0.83				0.88
Game
Cured/processed red meat	0.90				0.91
Cured/processed meat	0.93				0.92
Poultry
Fish			0.78				0.73
Processed fish			0.70				0.68
Fruit juice		−0.25
Other fruits						0.42	0.48
Root vegetables
Cruciferous vegetables						0.58
Other greens		0.68				0.50
Beans, peas						0.52
Tomato sauce		0.60				0.41
Other vegetables		0.75				0.57
Total cereals and grains				0.55		0.38
Whole grains				0.52		0.36
Desserts and sweets
Vegetable juice
Beer				−0.24
White wine				−0.26
Red wine
Liquor
Citrus
Berries		0.50					0.49
Dried fruit
Canned fruit
Pies, tarts
Jam, jelly
Pickled vegetables
Proportion of VAR explained (%)	22 %	20 %	12 %	9 %	24 %	20 %	10 %
Cumulative VAR explained (%)	22 %	42 %	54 %	63 %	24 %	44 %	54 %

^aFactor loadings ≥ 0.5 will be loaded on a factor in FFQVP population while factor loadings ≥ 0.35 will be loaded on a factor in CCS population; negative loading ≤ −0.20 will be retained; other loadings are not shown in the table

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