Table 2 Factor loadings for food items derived from factor analysis (principal component analysis) in the UK Biobank Cohort Study a
From: Relationship between dietary pattern and depressive symptoms: an international multicohort study
Healthy dietary pattern | Processed food dietary pattern | Meat dietary pattern | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Food groups | Factor loadings | Food groups | Factor loadings | Food groups | Factor loadings |
Vegetables & potatoes | 0.71 | Fat & spreads | 0.68 | Meat & meat products | 0.78 |
Fruits | 0.70 | Cereals & cereal products | 0.60 | Alcoholic beverages | 0.50 |
Dairy & dairy-free products | 0.41 | Sugar, preserves, cakes & confectionery, snacks | 0.57 | Egg & egg dishes | 0.26 |
Nuts & seeds | 0.34 | Non-alcoholic beverages | 0.51 | Vegetables & potatoes | 0.15 |
Non-alcoholic beverages | 0.31 | Meat & meat products | 0.20 | Non-alcoholic beverages | 0.09 |
Fish & fish dishes | 0.31 | Mixed-dishes | 0.13 | Sugar, preserves, cakes & confectionery, snacks | 0.06 |
Egg & egg dishes | 0.25 | Dairy & dairy-free products | 0.13 | Fat & spreads | 0.05 |
Meat substitutes | 0.08 | Meat substitutes | 0.09 | Nuts & seeds | 0.02 |
Cereals & cereal products | 0.07 | Vegetables & potatoes | 0.05 | Fish & fish dishes | -0.11 |
Meat & meat products | 0.02 | Fruits | 0.04 | Mixed-dishes | -0.13 |
Mixed-dishes | 0.02 | Egg & egg dishes | 0.03 | Dairy & dairy-free products | -0.17 |
Sugar, preserves, cakes & confectionery, snacks | -0.09 | Nuts & seeds | -0.04 | Fruits | -0.19 |
Alcoholic beverages | -0.10 | Alcoholic beverages | -0.05 | Cereals & cereal products | -0.21 |
Fat & spreads | -0.15 | Fish & fish dishes | -0.15 | Meat substitutes | -0.53 |
Variance explained (%) | 11.3 | Variance explained (%) | 10.8 | Variance explained (%) | 9.8 |