Table 2 Rotated factor loadings for food and beverage items with loadings having absolute values of 0.2 or greater for any factor

From: Dietary patterns and risk of breast cancer

 

Rotated factor loading

Food item

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

Factor 4

Olive oil

  

−0.39

 

Boiled rice

0.20

   

Fried rice

   

0.28

White bread

−0.20

  

0.28

Wholemeal bread

0.25

   

Sweet biscuits

  

0.33

 

Cakes/sweet pastries

  

0.34

 

Puddings

  

0.34

 

Pasta/noodle dish

  

−0.25

 

Pizza

   

0.23

Savoury pastries

   

0.32

Ricotta cheese

  

−0.27

 

Fetta cheese

  

−0.26

0.25

Cheddar cheese

  

0.24

 

Ice cream

  

0.25

 

Custard

  

0.22

 

Cream/sour cream

  

0.26

 

Yoghurt

0.25

   

Fried egg

   

0.27

Egg dish

   

0.24

Margarine

  

0.39

 

Beef/veal schnitzel

  

−0.21

0.41

Beef/veal roast

   

0.44

Beef steak

   

0.32

Beef rissole

   

0.43

Beef dish

   

0.29

Roast/fried chicken

   

0.30

Boiled chicken

0.20

   

Chicken dish

0.22

   

Lamb roast/chops

  

0.28

0.23

Lamb dish

   

0.27

Pork roast/chops

   

0.25

Salami

   

0.21

Sausage/frankfurter

  

0.33

 

Bacon

  

0.20

0.26

Steamed fish

0.24

 

−0.22

 

Fried fish

   

0.34

Canned fish

0.22

   

Legume soup

  

−0.25

 

Pickled vegetables

   

0.21

Tomato

0.27

 

−0.23

 

Capsicum

0.35

 

−0.28

 

Salad greens

0.37

0.21

−0.32

 

Cucumber

0.37

0.22

−0.35

 

Celery/fennel

0.46

 

−0.21

 

Beetroot

0.42

   

Coleslaw

0.34

   

Potato cooked in fat

   

0.36

Potato cooked without fat

0.35

 

0.33

 

Carrot

0.56

   

Cabbage/brussels sprouts

0.54

   

Cauliflower

0.58

   

Broccoli

0.58

   

Leafy greens

0.45

   

Green beans/peas

0.44

 

0.26

 

Cooked dried legumes

0.29

 

−0.26

 

Pumpkin

0.50

 

0.27

 

Onion/leek

0.29

   

Mushroom

0.27

   

Sweet corn

0.23

   

Zucchini/squash/eggplant

0.36

   

Vegetable dish

0.25

   

Fruit salad

0.21

0.21

  

Orange/mandarin

 

0.43

  

Apple

 

0.40

  

Banana

0.25

0.25

  

Peach/nectarine

 

0.66

  

Pear

 

0.51

  

Cantaloupe/honeydew

 

0.55

  

Watermelon

 

0.54

  

Strawberry

 

0.48

  

Plum

 

0.65

  

Apricot

 

0.67

  

Pineapple

0.22

0.29

  

Olives

 

0.28

−0.26

0.20

Fig

 

0.40

−0.20

 

Grape

 

0.56

  

Tea

  

0.39

 

Chocolate

  

0.27

 

Other confectionery

  

0.24

 

Jam/honey

  

0.26

 

Vegemite

  

0.22

 
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