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Table 2 Factor loading matrix for major dietary patterns identified by principal component analysis a

From: No association between dietary patterns and depressive symptoms among a community-dwelling population in Japan

 

Healthy dietary pattern

Western dietary pattern

Bread and confectionery dietary pattern

Alcohol and accompanying dietary pattern

Milk and yogurt

0.188

-

-

-

Chicken

-

0.284

-

-

Pork/beef

-

0.455

−0.189

-

Ham/sausage/bacon

-

0.480

−0.187

-

Liver

-

-

-

0.183

Squid/octopus/shrimp/shellfish

-

-

-

0.380

Small fish with bones

0.219

−0.230

-

0.180

Canned tuna

0.193

-

-

-

Dried fish/salted fish

0.295

−0.197

-

-

Oily fish

0.308

−0.295

-

0.206

Lean fish

0.362

−0.238

-

0.216

Egg

-

0.191

−0.257

-

Tofu/atsuageb

0.516

-

-

-

Nattoc

0.268

−0.190

-

-

Potatoes

0.475

-

-

-

Pickled green leaves vegetables

0.272

−0.280

-

-

Other pickled vegetables

-

−0.340

0.158

-

Lettuces/cabbage(raw)

0.508

0.219

−0.196

-

Green leaves vegetables

0.623

-

−0.186

-

Cabbage/Chinese cabbage

0.651

-

−0.259

-

Carrots/pumpkin

0.682

-

−0.199

-

Japanese radish/turnip

0.559

-

-

-

Other root vegetables

0.636

-

−0.173

-

Tomatoes

0.447

-

-

-

Mushrooms

0.622

-

−0.156

-

Seaweeds

0.533

-

−0.164

-

Western-type confectionneries

-

0.227

0.501

−0.325

Japanese-type confectioneries

-

-

0.505

−0.226

Rice crackers/rice cake/okonomiyaki

-

-

0.568

−0.164

Ice cream

-

0.364

0.239

-

Citrus fruit

0.321

-

0.231

0.190

Persimmons/strawberries/kiwifruit

0.419

-

-

-

Other fruit

0.332

-

0.266

-

Mayonnaise/dressing

0.246

0.398

-

-

Bread

-

0.344

0.320

−0.153

Buckwheat noodles

-

-

0.185

0.488

Japanese wheat noodles

-

-

0.305

0.450

Chinese noodles

−0.313

-

-

0.442

Spaghetti and macaroni

-

0.326

-

0.226

Green tea

0.265

-

-

-

Black tea/oolong tea

-

0.224

-

-

Coffee

-

0.281

−0.166

-

Cola drink/soft drink

−0.230

0.218

-

0.168

100% fruit and vegetable juice

-

-

0.174

0.188

Rice

−0.320

−0.488

−0.291

−0.533

Miso soup

-

−0.363

−0.243

−0.270

Sake

−0.308

−0.155

−0.213

0.277

Beer

−0.308

-

−0.334

0.355

Shochu

−0.352

-

−0.289

0.340

Wine

-

-

-

0.204

  1. a Factor loading less than ±0.15 represented by a dash for simplicity. Omitted in the table were food items with factor loadings less than ±0.15 for all dietary patterns (Reduced fat milk and yogurt, Whisky).
  2. b Deep fried tofu.
  3. c Fermented soybeans.