Association of serum vitamin D concentrations with dietary patterns in children and adolescents

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Factor loading matrix for dietary patterns in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2006^a,b

Category^c	Factor 1: HFLVD Pattern^d	Factor 2: PD Pattern^d
Cruciferous & green vegetables	0.118	0.705
Other vegetables	0.144	0.734
Tomatoes	0.172	0.464
Starchy vegetables	0.514	0.518
Fruit	0.199	0.676
Fruit juice	0.364	0.243
Nuts	0.228	0.409
Legumes	0.085	0.406
Fish & other seafood	0.505	0.479
Meat	0.645	0.457
Poultry	0.519	0.392
Processed Meat	0.580	0.346
Whole grains	−0.049	0.448
Refined grains	0.570	0.448
Cereals	0.084	0.347
Eggs	0.279	0.298
Low fat dairy	−0.136	0.413
High fat dairy	0.543	0.133
Dairy Alternative/Meal Replacement	0.203	0.082
Creamed soups	0.163	0.196
Other soups	0.299	0.415
Mixed dishes	0.605	0.523
Pizza	0.604	0.089
Snacks & sweets	0.635	0.338
Butter & Margarine	0.423	0.288
Other fats	0.353	0.525
Condiments	0.632	0.173
Energy drinks	0.513	−0.074
Alcohol	0.120	−0.018
Coffee/Tea	0.523	−0.078

^an = 4404; weighted, n = 60,274,698. Correlation coefficients
^bFactor procedure, principal component analysis. Two factors with Eigenvalues ≥1.5 were rotated and extracted. Factors were labeled according to the foods found to have the highest correlation coefficients within each factor (dietary pattern). Positive factor scores indicate that those foods are more likely to be consumed in that dietary pattern. Lower negative scores indicate that those foods are least likely to be consumed in that dietary pattern
^cFood categories were based on consumption data collected from a 216-item Food Frequency Questionnaire from NHANES 2003–2004 and 2005–2006. Individual foods were categorized into 30 food groups
^dHigh-Fat-Low-Vegetable Dietary Pattern or Prudent Dietary Pattern

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