Table A4 Components and factor loadings for Germany

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

Food item	PC1*	PC2*	PC3*	PC4*
Cooked vegetables, beans	0.010	−0.109	−0.038	0.436
fried potatoes, potato croquettes	0.206	0.401	0.370	−0.246
Raw vegetables	−0.096	0.059	0.159	0.617
Fresh fruits without added sugar	−0.080	−0.001	0.181	0.663
Fresh fruits with added sugar	0.098	0.161	0.460	0.160
Water	−0.092	−0.119	0.299	0.293
Fruit juices	0.132	0.134	0.139	0.103
Sweetened drinks	0.227	0.367	−0.107	−0.178
Diet drinks	0.032	0.169	−0.262	0.094
Breakfast cereals, muesli, sweetened	−0.030	0.464	0.138	0.027
Porridge, oat meal, gruel, cereals, muesli, unsweetened	−0.038	0.137	0.295	0.059
Plain unsweetened milk	0.084	0.127	0.147	0.343
Sweetened milk	0.245	0.199	−0.075	0.133
Plain unsweetened yoghurt or kefir	0.139	0.035	0.537	0.227
Sweet yoghurt, fermented milk beverages	0.239	0.175	0.005	0.261
Fresh or frozen fish, not fried	0.330	−0.102	0.289	0.071
Fried fish, fish fingers	0.455	0.033	−0.004	−0.006
Cold cuts, preserved, ready-to-cook meat products	0.381	0.079	−0.446	0.210
Fresh meat, not fried	0.542	−0.053	0.158	0.155
Fried meat	0.509	0.060	−0.168	0.133
Fried or scrambled eggs	0.556	0.077	0.174	−0.009
Boiled or poached eggs	0.456	0.081	0.025	0.090
Mayonnaise, mayonnaise-based products	0.514	0.184	0.030	−0.043
Tofu, tempe, quorn, soy milk	0.218	−0.004	−0.029	−0.056
Cheese	0.124	−0.006	−0.077	0.221
Jam, honey	0.308	0.041	−0.045	0.290
Chocolate or nut-based spread	0.229	0.426	0.014	−0.045
Butter, margarine on bread	0.137	0.151	−0.319	0.227
Reduced-fat products on bread	0.036	0.111	−0.114	0.157
Ketchup	0.317	0.508	0.175	−0.081
White bread, white roll, white crispbread	0.328	0.302	−0.008	−0.056
Whole-meal bread, dark roll, dark crispbread	0.089	0.028	0.040	0.485
Pasta, noodles, rice	0.489	0.082	0.113	0.147
Dish of milled cereals	0.283	−0.027	0.419	0.211
Pizza as main dish	0.318	0.208	0.461	−0.072
Hamburger, hot dog, kebab, wrap, falafel	0.255	0.280	0.312	−0.235
Nuts, seeds, dried fruits	0.399	0.048	0.379	0.221
Crisps, corn crisps, popcorn	0.444	0.319	0.191	−0.072
Savoury pastries, fritters	0.473	0.331	0.193	−0.008
Chocolate, candy bars	−0.001	0.632	−0.097	0.095
Candies, loose candies, marshmallows	−0.062	0.688	−0.164	0.183
Biscuits, packaged cakes, pastries, puddings	0.070	0.702	−0.022	0.159
Ice cream, milk or fruit-based bars	0.062	0.480	0.162	0.007

Bold entries in the appendix tables are ‘factor loadings >0.30‘, which are considered important contributors to the patterns. *PC1: processed; PC2: confectionary; PC3: migrant pattern; PC4: healthy.

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Table A4 Components and factor loadings for Germany

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