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Table 2 Rotated factor loadings for the two dietary patterns in the Kumasi Diabetes and Hypertension Study

From: Serum phospholipid fatty acids, dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes among urban Ghanaians

Food items

“purchase” pattern

“traditional” pattern

Sweets

0.61

−0.14

Juice

0.60

−0.16

Rice

0.55

0.06

Soft drinks

0.52

0.03

Lettuce

0.52

0.14

Carrot

0.51

0.13

Margarine

0.50

0.15

Milk

0.50

−0.06

Vegetable oil

0.49

−0.12

Fruits

0.49

0.39

Milo (chocolate drink)

0.49

0.03

Red meat

0.48

−0.07

Cucumber

0.46

0.09

Eggs

0.45

−0.06

Poultry

0.39

0.08

Groundnut

0.33

0.27

Porridge

0.31

0.06

Bread

0.27

0.26

Agushie (pumpkin seeds)

0.25

0.23

Coffee

0.22

0.10

Palm oil

0.17

0.50

Fish

−0.14

0.49

Green leafy vegetables

0.23

0.48

Cassava

−0.24

0.48

Banku (fermented maize product)

0.13

0.47

Plantain

−0.33

0.46

Garden egg (aubergine)

−0.01

0.46

Beans

0.22

0.45

Cocoyam

−0.12

0.36

Crab

0.03

0.32

Okra

0.24

0.31

Millet

−0.06

0.30

Yam

0.06

0.21

  1. Food groups with factor loadings > 0.30, which are mainly characterizing the dietary pattern are captured in bold