Identification of Salty Dietary Patterns of the Japanese Macroregion

Table 3

Explained variations in response variables (total salt consumption) and food groups.

2013	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4	Factor 5
Proportion (%) of explained variation in food groups	14.20	25.33	29.60	33.48	38.04
Proportion (%) of explained variation in response	73.42	86.45	95.05	97.53	98.71
2018
Proportion (%) of explained variation in food groups	14.76	24.37	29.09	35.53	41.56
Proportion (%) of explained variation in response	57.33	78.80	92.41	95.47	97.55

Factors 1–5: number of components (loading factors).