Table A3 Components and factor loadings for Estonia

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

Food item

PC1*

PC2*

PC3*

Cooked vegetables, beans

−0.124

0.494

0.156

fried potatoes, potato croquettes

0.350

0.238

0.046

Raw vegetables

−0.165

0.553

0.180

Fresh fruits without added sugar

−0.061

0.494

0.213

Fresh fruits with added sugar

0.124

0.281

0.028

Water

−0.149

0.159

0.279

Fruit juices

0.079

0.302

0.042

Sweetened drinks

0.420

−0.072

0.058

Diet drinks

0.292

0.013

−0.005

Breakfast cereals, muesli, sweetened

0.216

0.072

0.081

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

−0.119

0.301

0.081

Plain unsweetened milk

−0.028

0.234

0.276

Sweetened milk

0.127

0.141

0.105

Plain unsweetened yoghurt or kefir

−0.033

0.385

−0.020

Sweet yoghurt, fermented milk beverages

0.163

0.335

0.031

Fresh or frozen fish, not fried

−0.024

0.464

−0.114

Fried fish, fish fingers

0.378

0.286

−0.042

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

0.257

−0.017

0.507

Fresh meat, not fried

0.010

0.435

0.147

Fried meat

0.345

0.342

−0.017

Fried or scrambled eggs

0.281

0.420

−0.021

Boiled or poached eggs

0.225

0.337

0.016

Mayonnaise, mayonnaise-based products

0.262

0.126

0.084

Tofu, tempe, quorn, soy milk

0.073

0.105

−0.038

Cheese

0.064

0.193

0.212

Jam, honey

0.070

0.374

0.118

Chocolate or nut-based spread

0.424

0.091

0.031

Butter, margarine on bread

0.089

−0.027

0.703

Reduced-fat products on bread

0.097

0.079

0.281

Ketchup

0.462

−0.003

0.039

White bread, white roll, white crispbread

0.251

−0.064

0.696

Whole-meal bread, dark roll, dark crispbread

−0.099

0.302

0.531

Pasta, noodles, rice

0.194

0.261

0.091

Dish of milled cereals

0.182

0.372

0.045

Pizza as main dish

0.395

0.069

−0.059

Hamburger, hot dog, kebab, wrap, falafel

0.099

0.016

0.675

Nuts, seeds, dried fruits

0.068

0.418

0.017

Crisps, corn crisps, popcorn

0.635

−0.050

−0.037

Savoury pastries, fritters

0.463

0.153

0.115

Chocolate, candy bars

0.481

−0.078

0.029

Candies, loose candies, marshmallows

0.391

−0.063

0.144

Biscuits, packaged cakes, pastries, puddings

0.480

0.012

0.077

Ice cream, milk or fruit-based bars

0.393

0.117

0.095

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