Hypothesis and data-driven dietary patterns and colorectal Cancer survival: findings from Newfoundland and Labrador colorectal Cancer cohort

Table 4 Percentage of individuals in each cluster in highest/lowest quartile of factor/index score; Newfoundland and Labrador Familial Colorectal Cancer Cohort (1999–2003)

	Cluster I	Cluster II	Cluster III	Cluster IV
Characteristics of Cluster	Fruits and Veg, whole grain, fish, wine	Meat, Dairy products, mixed dishes	Sugar/ drinks, total cereals and grains (refined included)	Many foods
Principle Component Analysis^a
Processed Meat pattern	15.29	91.89	38.38	16.21
Prudent vegetable pattern	58.60	24.32	6.06	11.46
High Sugar pattern	17.20	10.81	16.16	35.18
Index based
DII^b	64.97	13.51	10.1	7.91
AltMed Diet^a	36.31	8.11	6.06	9.88
RFS^a	57.32	35.14	13.13	11.86

DII Dietary inflammatory Index, AltMed Diet Alternate Mediterranean diet, RFS Recommended Food Score ^aHighest Quartile (reference) ^bLowest Quartile (reference)

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