Relationship between dietary pattern and depressive symptoms: an international multicohort study

Table 1 Factor loadings for food items derived from factor analysis (principal component analysis) in the TCLSIH Cohort Study ^a

Traditional Chinese dietary pattern		Processed animal offal included animal food dietary pattern		Sugar rich dietary pattern
Food items	Factor loadings	Food items	Factor loadings	Food items	Factor loadings
Solanaceous vegetables	0.72	Organ meats	0.68	Dim sum (Cakes, cookies, and biscuits)	0.56
Dark green and leafy vegetables	0.67	Red meats	0.55	Fruits (all kinds except for persimmon, strawberry, and kiwi fruit)	0.54
Starchy vegetables	0.65	Animal blood	0.54	Fruits (persimmon, strawberry, kiwi fruit)	0.53
Mushroom and fungi	0.61	Steamed stuffed bun, dumpling, and wonton	0.52	Sweets and desserts	0.49
Legumes and soy products	0.58	Preserved food	0.52	Soda and sweetened beverages	0.43
Whole grains	0.48	Noodles	0.49	Bread	0.37
Refined grains	0.48	Sausage	0.48	Nuts	0.34
Allium vegetables	0.47	Poultry	0.46	Coffee	0.33
Chicken egg	0.46	Fish and Seafood	0.42	Salted food	0.33
Fruits (all kinds except for persimmon, strawberry, and kiwi fruit)	0.42	Salted food	0.36	Preserved food	0.28
Nuts	0.37	Soda and sweetened beverages	0.31	Starchy vegetables	0.28
Poultry	0.33	Alcohol consumption	0.29	Allium vegetables	0.27
Fish and Seafood	0.33	Allium vegetables	0.24	Dairy products	0.26
Red meats	0.31	Sweets and desserts	0.20	Animal blood	0.24
Dairy products	0.27	Dairy products	0.15	Fish and Seafood	0.22
Variance explained (%)	12.8	Variance explained (%)	10.0	Variance explained (%)	8.5

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