Table 1 Explained variation in nutrients and food intake and Spearman rank correlations between nutrients (response variable) and RRR-derived dietary patterns

Explained variation in food intake, %

7.53

2.66

2.52

1.98

2.44

1.99

1.73

2.15

2.02

Explained variation in nutrients, %

67.51

14.54

6.19

4.36

3.09

1.69

1.24

0.76

0.46

 Protein

0.82*

0.45*

− 0.03

0.16*

0.02

−0.13*

− 0.16*

0.11*

0.08

 Vitamin D

0.61*

0.67*

0.08*

0.11*

−0.12*

0.17*

0.09*

0.00

−0.02

 Vitamin C

0.76*

−0.40*

0.38*

−0.18*

−0.14*

0.09*

−0.11*

0.09*

−0.04

 Vitamin E

0.79*

−0.11*

0.35*

0.25*

0.33*

0.01

0.00

−0.02

−0.01

 Folate

0.88*

−0.37*

0.03

−0.03

−0.15*

− 0.09*

0.09*

− 0.03

0.08*

 Vitamin K

0.73*

−0.37*

−0.46*

0.10*

0.09*

0.15*

−0.01

0.10*

−0.01

 Magnesium

0.94*

0.03

−0.13*

−0.09*

0.00

0.04

−0.20*

−0.16*

0.01

 Iron

0.93*

−0.11*

−0.09*

0.16*

−0.14*

− 0.17*

−0.04

0.01

−0.14*

 Calcium

0.80*

0.23*

−0.06

−0.42*

0.21*

−0.10*

0.06*

0.03

−0.03