Table 3 Dietary patterns obtained by factor analysis using principal component analysis of daily food intakes in the Nutrinet-Santé sample (n = 31,842, Nutrinet-Santé study, 2013)
Healthy dietary pattern | Traditional dietary pattern | Western dietary pattern | |
|---|---|---|---|
Fruit | 0.44 | 0.07 | −0.21 |
Vegetables | 0.58 | 0.20 | −0.28 |
Legumes | 0.27 | −0.09 | 0.05 |
Potatoes and other tubers | 0.04 | 0.42 | 0.00 |
Refined starchy food | −0.08 | −0.06 | 0.18 |
Whole starchy food | 0.60 | −0.27 | −0.01 |
Cereals, non fatty | −0.22 | 0.71 | 0.01 |
Fish and seafood | 0.31 | −0.07 | 0.02 |
Meat | −0.20 | 0.29 | 0.02 |
Eggs | 0.14 | 0.05 | −0.06 |
Processed meat | −0.11 | 0.24 | 0.40 |
Cheese | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.34 |
Dairy products, low in sugar | −0.13 | 0.05 | −0.49 |
Cream based deserts | −0.20 | −0.04 | 0.03 |
Butter and other added animal fats | 0.08 | 0.43 | −0.05 |
Vegetable oils | 0.38 | 0.11 | 0.11 |
Margarine | 0.04 | 0.24 | −0.20 |
Salad dressings and other dressings | −0.02 | 0.10 | 0.28 |
Salty snacks | 0.00 | −0.04 | 0.48 |
Cereals, sweet and fatty | −0.01 | −0.28 | −0.07 |
Sweet and fatty foods (pastries, biscuits, cookies, chocolate) | −0.23 | −0.07 | 0.37 |
Sweet products (honey, jam, candy) | 0.13 | 0.38 | 0.02 |
Sugary drinks | −0.29 | −0.10 | 0.30 |
Non-alcoholic beverages | 0.44 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
Alcoholic beverages | 0.12 | 0.22 | 0.53 |
variance explained (%) | 8.8 | 8.2 | 7.9 |