Table A7 Components and factor loadings for Spain

From: Country-specific dietary patterns and associations with socioeconomic status in European children: the IDEFICS study

Food item

PC1*

PC2*

PC3*

Cooked vegetables, beans

−0.079

0.465

0.409

fried potatoes, potato croquettes

0.456

0.088

0.001

Raw vegetables

−0.103

0.490

0.368

Fresh fruits without added sugar

−0.222

0.423

0.354

Fresh fruits with added sugar

0.130

0.142

0.092

Water

−0.173

0.211

−0.079

Fruit juices

0.243

0.261

0.168

Sweetened drinks

0.301

0.443

−0.027

Diet drinks

0.378

0.051

0.106

Breakfast cereals, muesli, sweetened

0.084

0.135

0.099

Porridge, oat meal, gruel, cereals, muesli, unsweetened

−0.016

−0.284

0.162

Plain unsweetened milk

0.025

−0.181

0.366

Sweetened milk

0.040

0.313

−0.289

Plain unsweetened yoghurt or kefir

0.001

−0.029

0.343

Sweet yoghurt, fermented milk beverages

−0.023

0.425

−0.085

Fresh or frozen fish, not fried

−0.145

0.078

0.529

Fried fish, fish fingers

0.243

0.155

−0.227

Cold cuts, preserved, ready-to-cook meat products

0.131

0.572

−0.003

Fresh meat, not fried

0.040

0.091

0.506

Fried meat

0.303

0.534

−0.215

Fried or scrambled eggs

0.318

0.098

0.226

Boiled or poached eggs

0.230

0.076

0.309

Mayonnaise, mayonnaise-based products

0.432

0.148

0.169

Tofu, tempe, quorn, soy milk

0.041

−0.052

0.115

Cheese

0.194

0.186

0.100

Jam, honey

0.051

0.051

0.216

Chocolate or nut-based spread

0.321

0.125

−0.131

Butter, margarine on bread

0.196

0.065

0.137

Reduced-fat products on bread

0.175

0.035

0.160

Ketchup

0.403

0.111

−0.015

White bread, white roll, white crispbread

0.030

0.385

0.010

Whole-meal bread, dark roll, dark crispbread

−0.025

−0.033

0.361

Pasta, noodles, rice

0.249

0.262

0.169

Dish of milled cereals

0.337

−0.107

0.291

Pizza as main dish

0.372

0.081

−0.092

Hamburger, hot dog, kebab, wrap, falafel

0.315

0.023

0.145

Nuts, seeds, dried fruits

0.298

0.085

0.193

Crisps, corn crisps, popcorn

0.516

0.024

−0.112

Savoury pastries, fritters

0.516

−0.036

−0.142

Chocolate, candy bars

0.402

−0.137

−0.078

Candies, loose candies, marshmallows

0.470

−0.043

−0.001

Biscuits, packaged cakes, pastries, puddings

0.346

0.001

−0.034

Ice cream, milk or fruit-based bars

0.426

−0.027

0.152

  1. Bold entries in the appendix tables are ‘factor loadings >0.30‘, which are considered important contributors to the patterns. *PC1: processed; PC2: traditional; PC3: healthy.
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