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Table 2 Factor-loadingsa of food items for the major factors (dietary patterns) identified at the age of 18 based on a FFQ

From: Dietary patterns are associated with blood lipids at 18-year-olds: a cross-sectional analysis nested in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort

Item

Food or food group

Meat Products and Fast Foods

Fruits and Vegetables

Candies, Sodas and Dairy Products

Common Brazilian Foods

1

Seafood

0.3153

0.0193

−0.0713

− 0.0962

2

Processed meats

0.3135

0.0057

−0.0238

0.0489

3

Pizza

0.2999

−0.0739

0.1104

−0.0884

4

Fast foods

0.2898

−0.0721

0.1391

−0.0274

5

Giblets

0.2853

−0.0189

−0.1368

0.0230

6

Chicken meat

0.2715

−0.0014

−0.0152

0.0567

7

Pork meat

0.2581

−0.0461

−0.0199

0.0930

8

Canned vegetables

0.2480

0.0077

−0.0661

−0.0318

9

Fried/baked salted pastries

0.2305

−0.0824

0.1460

0.0061

10

Popcorn

0.2097

0.0370

0.0219

0.0243

11

Pasta, polenta, corn

0.1923

0.1208

−0.0870

0.0245

12

French fries

0.1043

0.1107

0.0729

0.0418

13

Light soft drinks

0.1200

0.0675

0.0213

−0.0984

14

Banana

−0.1103

0.3512

0.1100

− 0.0207

15

Orange and tangerine

−0.0600

0.3481

0.0339

−0.0244

16

Other fruits

0.0272

0.3591

0.0420

−0.0959

17

Tomato

−0.1096

0.3079

−0.0190

0.1264

18

Other vegetables and legumes

0.1283

0.3029

0.1135

0.0056

19

Orange vegetables

0.1251

0.2704

−0.1214

−0.0464

20

Whole bread

0.0121

0.2026

−0.0602

−0.0249

21

Tubers

0.1123

0.1931

−0.0776

0.0522

22

Cake

0.0943

0.1775

0.0283

−0.0448

23

Fresh juice

0.0515

0.1530

0.1061

−0.0544

24

Chocolate powder

−0.0787

0.0439

0.3786

−0.0442

25

Sugar-sweetened sodas

0.0506

−0.1228

0.3303

0.0440

26

Milk and dairy products

−0.1062

0.2339

0.3174

−0.0964

27

Sweets and chocolates

0.1159

−0.0037

0.2906

−0.0151

28

Candies/caramels

−0.0051

− 0.0634

0.2784

−0.1327

29

Ice cream

0.0828

0.0023

0.2639

−0.0437

30

Mayonnaise

0.0380

0.0146

0.2222

0.0482

31

Sweet cookies

0.0215

0.0879

0.2016

0.0449

32

Luncheon meats

0.0179

0.0297

0.2008

0.1695

33

Snacks

0.1007

0.1103

0.1607

0.0216

34

Coffee

0.0280

−0.0647

−0.1131

0.3977

35

White sugar

−0.0179

− 0.1113

0.0966

0.3901

36

Black beans

−0.0150

0.0638

−0.0519

0.3568

37

Margarine and butter

0.0047

−0.0007

0.0726

0.3513

38

White rice

0.0028

0.0333

−0.0882

0.2687

39

White bread

−0.0841

0.0175

0.1077

0.2516

40

Vegetable spices

−0.0629

0.1842

−0.1193

0.2317

41

Red meats

0.1168

0.0335

0.0569

0.1696

42

Homemade bread

0.0719

0.0993

−0.1463

0.1553

43

Eggs

0.1231

0.0689

0.0154

0.1350

44

Artificial juice

0.0034

0.0447

0.0954

0.1340

45

“Mate” drink

−0.0425

0.0996

0.0265

0.1064

 

Explained variance (%)

14.5

10.3

7.5

7.7

  1. aBold value means those items included in the pattern described in the column