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Table 3 Rotated factor loading matrix for the major dietary patterns

From: Empirically derived dietary pattern and odds of non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases in overweight and obese adults: a case–control study

Food group

Western dietary pattern

Traditional dietary pattern

Snack and sugar dietary pattern

Fast food

0.728

Refined grains

0.587

Liquid oil

0.526

Pickles

0.525

High-fat dairy

0.480

Solid oil

− 0.375

Red Meat

0.347

0.301

Tea and coffee

0.311

fishes

Fruit juices

Other vegetables

0.714

legumes

0.611

Fruits

0.553

Organ meats

0.478

Low-fat dairy

0.475

Poultry

0.456

Egg

Soft drinks

0.726

Snack

0.629

Nuts

0.418

0.526

Sweet desserts

0.420

0.496

Sugar

0.389

Whole grains

0.320

− 0.367

Processed meats

Percentage of variance

   

Explaineda

9.96

8.71

7.91

  1. Only items with correlation coefficients ≥ [0·30] were presented
  2. aCumulative percentage of variance explained by three dietary patterns was 26.58%