Lack of an association between dietary patterns and adiposity among primary school children in Kilimanjaro Tanzania

Table 3 Dietary patterns created by factor analysis loadings from the food frequency questionnaire of primary school children

Variable	Factor 1 Mixed pattern	Factor 2 Healthy / fruits and vegetable pattern
Fruits	_	0.7315
Vegetables	_	0.7211
Milk and milk products	0.4599	_
Beef	0.5939	_
Chicken	0.6801	_
Fish	0.5091	_
Sugary beverages	0.5624	_
Sweets and sugars	0.4600	_
Fatty snacks	0.6551	_

Loadings based on the assigned scores from the food groups/ subgroups generated from the food frequency questionnaire; loadings with values greater or equal to 0.30 were considered and guided in the definition of the patterns. Blanks represent food groups with loading values < 0.3

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