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Table 2 Factor loadings for dietary patterns among infants aged 6 to 23 months in central-south China

From: Associations between dietary patterns and anaemia in 6- to 23-month-old infants in central South China

Food

Diversified pattern

Traditional pattern

Breast milk pattern

Multi-nutrient powders pattern

Breast milk

  

0.712

 

Powered formulas

  

−0.687

0.312

Milk powder and fresh milk

 

−0.431

−0.375

 

Water and soup

 

0.551

  

Sugar water and drink

   

0.356

Cereals

 

0.567

 

−0.330

Tubers

0.703

   

Dark leaf vegetables and fruits

0.546

  

−0.344

Other vegetables and fruits

 

0.493

  

Meat

0.440

0.470

  

Egg

0.369

   

Dairy products

0.696

   

Bean and bean Products

0.658

   

Nut

0.642

   

Multi-nutrient powders

 

0.389

 

0.593