Dietary patterns of university students in the UK: a cross-sectional study

Sprake, E. F.; Russell, J. M.; Cecil, J. E.; Cooper, R. J.; Grabowski, P.; Pourshahidi, L. K.; Barker, M. E.

doi:10.1186/s12937-018-0398-y

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Factor loadings of the 55 food groups in the four principal components extracted from the PCA of frequency of food intake data of 1448 university students

From: Dietary patterns of university students in the UK: a cross-sectional study

Food group (% variance)	Vegetarian (8.4%)	Snacking (5.7%)	Health-conscious (4.2%)	Convenience, red meat & alcohol (3.4%)
Pulses, beans & lentils	0.642	− 0.113	0.216
Tofu	0.627			0.105
Meat alternatives	0.586	0.126	− 0.109	0.121
Hummus	0.585		0.147
Chicken/poultry	−0.456		0.106	0.277
Processed meat	−0.453	0.277		0.354
Red meat & offal	−0.439	0.163	0.134	0.332
Biscuits, cakes & sweets		0.623		− 0.106
Milk & cream-based desserts		0.531	0.160
Confectionery	− 0.174	0.524
Crisps & savoury snacks		0.413	−0.170	0.253
White bread	−0.141	0.393	−0.209	0.214
Fruit juice		0.354
Other bread	0.104	0.342
Canned fruit	0.101	0.320	0.100	−0.124
Fruit squash (not low calorie)		0.293	−0.182
Other yogurts		0.276	0.216	−0.105
Other spread		0.251
Added sugar in tea, coffee & cereal		0.239		0.128
Quiche	0.201	0.218		0.124
Fatty fish & canned tuna	−0.120		0.616
White fish & shell fish	−0.157		0.531
Nuts	0.324		0.491
Eggs	−0.151	− 0.120	0.477	0.350
Fresh fruit	0.174		0.443	−0.108
Other green vegetables, onions & salad items	0.369	−0.258	0.376	0.127
Oat- & bran-based breakfast cereals		−0.172	0.372	−0.170
Herbal & green tea	0.313	−0.153	0.365
Low fat & low-calorie yogurts			0.334	−0.308
Tea & coffee		0.122	0.251
Fried food				0.503
Pasta & rice	0.135			0.451
Ready-made sauces				0.396
Pizza		0.327	−0.171	0.392
Chips	− 0.160	0.301	− 0.221	0.379
Alcoholic drinks				0.328
Butter	−0.166	0.137		0.312
Mayonnaise, salad cream & other dressings	−0.115	0.249	0.225	0.277
Cream		0.128	0.198	0.209
Crispbread	0.144		0.132	−0.179
Peas			0.115
Boiled, mashed, roast & jacket potatoes	−0.211	0.261		0.113
Root vegetables & sweetcorn	0.237		0.300
Baked beans		0.112		0.112
Wheat bran			0.124	− 0.136
Low calorie squash & fizzy drinks		0.115
Non-white bread
Low fat, olive & pufa spread			−0.124
Fizzy drinks (not low calorie)	−0.180	0.332	− 0.204	0.282
Jam, marmalade & honey		0.255		−0.125
Cheese	0.214	0.145		0.218
Water		−0.253	0.292
Milk	−0.162	0.107	0.120	0.106
Other breakfast cereals	−0.150	0.168	− 0.194
Soups	0.209	0.125	0.215

Food groups with factor loadings ≥0.10 & ≤ − 0.10 are displayed; those ≥0.32 are highlighted in bold and those ≤ − 0.32 are italicised

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