Table A8 Components and factor loadings for Sweden

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

Food item

PC1*

PC2*

Cooked vegetables, beans

0.485

−0.038

fried potatoes, potato croquettes

−0.012

0.531

Raw vegetables

0.639

−0.101

Fresh fruits without added sugar

0.627

−0.030

Fresh fruits with added sugar

0.133

0.271

Water

0.417

−0.050

Fruit juices

0.060

0.336

Sweetened drinks

−0.077

0.412

Diet drinks

−0.040

0.261

Breakfast cereals, muesli, sweetened

−0.096

0.316

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

0.228

−0.167

Plain unsweetened milk

0.222

−0.038

Sweetened milk

−0.049

0.326

Plain unsweetened yoghurt or kefir

0.423

−0.070

Sweet yoghurt, fermented milk beverages

−0.078

0.123

Fresh or frozen fish, not fried

0.503

−0.031

Fried fish, fish fingers

0.103

0.295

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

0.259

0.101

Fresh meat, not fried

0.332

0.092

Fried meat

0.129

0.221

Fried or scrambled eggs

0.164

0.256

Boiled or poached eggs

0.224

−0.015

Mayonnaise, mayonnaise-based products

−0.020

0.135

Tofu, tempe, quorn, soy milk

0.106

−0.008

Cheese

0.300

−0.023

Jam, honey

−0.026

0.211

Chocolate or nut-based spread

−0.060

0.271

Butter, margarine on bread

0.185

0.094

Reduced-fat products on bread

0.156

0.001

Ketchup

0.116

0.321

White bread, white roll, white crispbread

−0.025

0.341

Whole-meal bread, dark roll, dark crispbread

0.523

−0.113

Pasta, noodles, rice

0.391

0.218

Dish of milled cereals

0.308

−0.033

Pizza as main dish

−0.041

0.358

Hamburger, hot dog, kebab, wrap, falafel

−0.060

0.446

Nuts, seeds, dried fruits

0.314

0.012

Crisps, corn crisps, popcorn

−0.012

0.421

Savoury pastries, fritters

0.107

0.352

Chocolate, candy bars

−0.066

0.401

Candies, loose candies, marshmallows

−0.148

0.286

Biscuits, packaged cakes, pastries, puddings

−0.030

0.383

Ice cream, milk or fruit-based bars

0.073

0.482

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