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Table 2 Factor loadings and communalities estimated for the identified dietary patterns

From: Urbanisation, dietary patterns and body composition changes in adolescent girls: a descriptive cross sectional study

 

Factor loading

Communalities

Pattern-1

Pattern-2

 

Rice

 

.716

0.606

Potatoes and Tubers

 

.554

0.331

Vegetables

 

.424

0.353

DGLV

 

.339

0.223

Other starch (excluding rice)

.637

 

0.620

Pulses

.376

 

0.213

Fresh fruits (including pickle)

.709

 

0.531

Fruits with added sugar (i.e. fruit salad)

.639

 

0.417

Fish

.517

 

0.353

Meat

.490

 

0.324

Processed meat

.512

 

0.299

Egg

.433

 

0.256

Dairy

.645

 

0.421

Sweetened beverages

.457

 

0.209

Sweets

.532

 

0.300

Fried food

.602

 

0.374

Eigenvalues

4.2

1.7

 

% of explained variance

24.6

10.3

 

% of accumulated explained variance

24.6

34.9