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Table 2 Factor loadings for food items/defined food groups that loaded >|0.15| in varimax rotated principal components

From: Dietary patterns of adults and their associations with Sami ethnicity, sociodemographic factors, and lifestyle factors in a rural multiethnic population of northern Norway - the SAMINOR 2 clinical survey

Food groups

Dietary patterns

Processed meat/ westernized

Fish/traditional

Fruit/vegetables

Reindeer/traditional

Bread and sandwich spreads

Sweets and bakery goods

Whole milk (regular or sour/fermented/cultured)

Low-fat/skimmed milk (regular or sour/fermented/cultured)

    

0.22

 

White cheese, full and low fat

  

0.19

 

0.29

 

Whey cheese, full and low fat

    

0.17

0.26

Milk or cream to coffee or tea

   

0.22

  

Full fat and low fat sour cream for fish meals/dishes

 

0.20

    

Yogurt

  

0.21

  

0.17

Breakfast cereals

  

0.29

 

−0.17

0.19

Rice porridge

     

0.38

Other porridge; oatmeal, etc.

  

0.25

   

Coarse/semi coarse bread

    

0.51

 

Crispbread

  

0.27

   

White bread

0.16

     

Fat as spread on bread (butter, margarine and their blends)

    

0.20

 

Fat as spread on bread (light/olive oil margarine)

    

0.29

 

Bacon, preserved meats (salami, ham, etc.), liver pâté (topping on bread)

    

0.40

−0.17

Mayonnaise-based salads (sandwich spreads/fillings)

    

0.24

 

Vegetables

  

0.37

   

Potatoes

 

0.20

  

0.21

0.17

Fruit and berries

  

0.36

   

Lean fish (filets/steaks)

 

0.40

    

Oily fish, filets/steaks and fish/spreads on bread (smoked/canned)

 

0.25

0.23

   

Freshwater fish

   

0.30

  

Fish products

 

0.24

    

Shellfish (i.e., prawns/shrimp, crabs, mollusks)

 

0.21

   

−0.19

Fish roe/liver

 

0.37

    

Liquid (bottled) cod liver oil

      

Seagull eggs or eggs of other seabirds

 

0.19

    

Red meat (beef, pork, and mutton)

0.25

     

Reindeer meat

   

0.48

  

Game meats (moose meat, grouse, and other game birds)

   

0.23

  

Food made with animal blood

   

0.37

  

Pizza with meat toppings

0.39

     

Processed meat/meat dishes

0.40

     

Sauces for fish, meat/pasta dishes

0.24

0.17

    

Melted/solid butter/margarine for fish meals/dishes

 

0.25

    

Chicken

0.31

 

0.16

   

Pasta and rice

0.32

     

Soup

   

0.23

  

Eggs

0.18

    

−0.18

Bakery goods

     

0.38

Sweets, ice cream, chocolate, desserts

     

0.35

Sugar to coffee and tea

   

0.21

  

Salty snacks

0.29

     

Water (tap/bottled)

  

0.34

   

Coffee, except boiled

   

−0.18

  

Unfiltered/boiled coffee

   

0.38

  

Juice

Squash/lemonade/soft drink containing sugar and without sugar

0.21

     

Beer/alcopops

 

0.19

−0.16

  

−0.16

Wine

 

0.17

   

−0.19

Liqueur/fortified wine

Liquor/distilled spirits

 

0.25

−0.18

   

Eigenvalue

3.9

3.0

2.5

2.2

1.8

1.5

% of variance explained by each component

7.3

5.6

4.6

4.1

3.5

2.8

% of variance explained by 6 components

27.9

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