Regional and socioeconomic variations in dietary patterns in a representative sample of young polish females: a cross-sectional study (GEBaHealth project)

Table 1 Description of PCA-derived dietary patterns [26]

Dietary patterns	Components of DPs (factor loadings) related to:
Dietary patterns	Food consumption frequency of ^a	Food intake variety of ^b
‘Traditional Polish’	White bread (0.65), potatoes (0.52), red meats (0.51), margarine or butter (0.45), fried chicken (0.42), wholegrain bread (−0.48);	Meats/fish/eggs (0.60), fats (0.40);
‘Fruit and vegetables’	Green salad (0.57), fruit (0.55), prepared vegetables (0.55), beans (0.45);	Vegetables (0.60), fruit (0.54);
‘Fast-food and sweets’	French fries or potato chips or corn chips or popcorn (0.71), hamburgers or cheeseburgers (0.60), ice cream (0.52), doughnuts or pastries or cake or cookies (0.50), salad dressings or mayonnaise (not diet) (0.42);	Sweets and snacks (0.47);
‘Dairy and fats’	Cheese or cheese spread (0.54), whole milk (0.49), margarine or butter (0.45);	Cereals and potatoes (0.56), dairy products (0.54), fats (0.43);

Notes: ^a Food consumption frequency (range 0–4 points) measured: (A) with BSQFVF for 9 food items: fruit or vegetable juices, fruit, green salad, potatoes, beans, processed vegetables, cereals, wholegrain bread, white bread; and expressed in frequencies (with assigned points): ‘less than once per week’ (0 points), ‘about once per week’ (1 point), ‘2–3 times per week’ (2 points), ‘4–6 times per week’ (3 points), ‘daily’ (4 points), (B) with BSQF for 13 food items: hamburgers or cheeseburgers, red meats, fried chicken, hot dogs, luncheon meats/bacon/sausages, salad dressings/mayonnaise, margarine/butter, eggs, cheese/cheese spread, whole milk, French fries/potato chips/corn chips/popcorn, ice cream, doughnuts/pastries/cakes/cookies; and expressed in frequencies (with assigned points): ‘less than once per month’ (0 points), ‘2–3 times per month’ (1 point), ‘1–2 times per week’ (2 points), ‘3–4 times per week’ (3 points), ‘5 times per week and more’ (4 points) [27, 28, 33]; ^b Food intake variety (with ranges from 0 to 4 to 0–14 foods/week) measured as a number food items consumed per week within 8 food groups (maximum food items): cereals and potatoes (6 items), dairy products (4 items), meats, fish and eggs (12 items), vegetables (14 items), fruit (8 items), fats (6 items), sweets and snacks (4 items), beverages (6 items, without alcohol) [32]

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