|
Food group
|
Explained variance (%)
|
Factor loadinga
|
|---|
|
Preserved vegetables, processed meat or fish
|
21.35
|
0.38
|
|
Rice/flour products
|
15.32
|
0.32
|
|
Meat
|
14.69
|
0.32
|
|
Soy sauce or other dipping sauce
|
14.07
|
0.31
|
|
Organ meats
|
13.79
|
0.31
|
|
Fried rice/flour products
|
8.83
|
0.25
|
|
Instant noodles
|
6.37
|
0.21
|
|
Fruit
|
8.20
|
−0.24
|
|
Dark-colored vegetables
|
7.70
|
−0.23
|
|
Breads
|
7.47
|
−0.23
|
|
Beans/bean products
|
6.92
|
−0.22
|
|
Eggs
|
5.33
|
0.19
|
|
Seafood
|
4.86
|
0.18
|
|
Deep fried foods
|
4.31
|
0.17
|
|
Dairy products
|
3.60
|
−0.16
|
|
Sugary drinks
|
1.24
|
0.09
|
|
Milk
|
0.76
|
−0.07
|
|
Light-colored vegetables
|
0.70
|
−0.07
|
|
Root crops
|
0.62
|
−0.07
|
|
Fried vegetables/salad dressing
|
0.35
|
−0.05
|
|
Jam/honey
|
0.09
|
0.02
|
|
Whole grains
|
0.08
|
−0.02
|
- a factor loadings are the correlations between food groups and dietary pattern scores. A positive factor loading value of food groups indicates a positive correlation with dietary pattern score, and vice versa
