| Food groups | Dietary patterns |
|---|
| Traditional southern Chinese | Western | Grains-vegetables |
|---|
| Refined grains | 0.411 | – | – |
| Whole grains | – | – | 0.534 |
| Tubers | – | – | 0.471 |
| Vegetables | 0.407 | – | 0.638 |
| Fruit | 0.462 | – | – |
| Pickled vegetables | 0.509 | – | – |
| Mushrooms | – | – | 0.664 |
| Red meat | – | 0.563 | – |
| Poultry and organs | – | 0.502 | – |
| Processed and cooked meat | – | 0.520 | – |
| Fish and shrimp | 0.486 | – | – |
| Eggs | – | 0.346 | – |
| Seafood | – | 0.417 | – |
| Bacon and salted fish | 0.529 | – | – |
| Salted and preserved eggs | 0.414 | – | – |
| Milk | 0.360 | – | |
| Cheese | – | 0.315 | |
| Soya bean and its products | 0.400 | – | – |
| Miscellaneous bean | 0.414 | – | – |
| Fats | 0.447 | – | |
| Vegetable oil | – | – | 0.392 |
| Fast foods | – | 0.407 | – |
| Nuts | – | – | 0.303 |
| Snacks | – | 0.517 | – |
| Chocolates | – | 0.435 | – |
| Honey | – | – | 0.595 |
| Drinks | 0.472 | – | |
| Alcoholic beverages | – | 0.301 | – |
| Tea | – | – | 0.357 |
| Coffee | – | 0.390 | – |
| Variance of intake explained (%) | 10.3 | 8.5 | 6.8 |
- *Absolute values< 0.4 were excluded for simplicity
