Table 3 Food groups loadings for 3 dietary patterns found by principle component analyses among study population
Food groups | Wave1 | Wave2 | Wave3 | Wave4 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H | W | M | H | W | M | H | W | M | H | W | M | |
Vegetables | 0.591 | – | – | 0.631 | – | – | 0.513 | – | – | 0.693 | – | – |
Fruits | 0.683 | – | – | 0.685 | – | – | 0.621 | – | – | 0.682 | – | – |
Dairy products | 0.544 | – | – | 0.511 | – | – | 0.513 | – | – | 0.418 | – | – |
Liquid oils | 0.534 | – | – | 0.478 | – | – | 0.653 | – | – | 0.334 | – | – |
Nuts and seeds | 0.522 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.319 | – | – | 0.422 | 0.314 | – |
Honey and jams | 0.366 | – | – | 0.434 | – | 0.324 | – | – | – | 0.319 | – | 0.379 |
Soft drinks | – | 0.446 | – | 0.487 | – | – | 0.489 | – | 0.405 | – | 0.585 | – |
Snacks and desserts | – | 0.447 | – | – | 0.721 | – | – | 0.708 | – | – | 0.701 | – |
Meats | – | 0.459 | – | 0.407 | – | – | 0.460 | – | – | – | 0.383 | – |
Refined grains | – | 0.602 | – | – | 0.471 | – | – | – | 0.423 | – | – | 0.474 |
Potatoes | – | 0.446 | – | 0.447 | – | – | – | 0.372 | – | – | 0.503 | – |
Solid fats | – | 0.536 | – | – | – | 0.337 | – | – | 0.470 | – | – | 0.301 |
Salty snacks | – | 0.309 | – | 0.312 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.519 | – | – |
Simple sugars | – | – | 0.711 | – | – | 0.830 | – | – | 0.764 | – | – | 0.735 |
Tea and coffee | – | – | 0.765 | – | – | 0.747 | – | – | 0.586 | – | – | 0.574 |
Whole grains | – | – | – | – | 0.337 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Legumes | – | – | – | – | 0.726 | – | – | 0.785 | – | – | 0.639 | – |
Cumulative variance % | 12.0 | 21.7 | 30.0 | 13.3 | 24.2 | 33.6 | 12.7 | 22.5 | 31.8 | 12.1 | 23.6 | 33.0 |