Dietary Patterns and Their Association with Metabolic Syndrome and Their Components in Middle-Class Adults from Damascus, Syria: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 5
Results of the principal component analysis of the nutritional intake.
Component 1
Component 2
Component 3
Component 4
Component 5
Energy
0.286
0.041
0.156
0.089
0.083
Fiber
0.245
0.243
0.111
−0.158
−0.004
Protein
0.252
0.073
−0.122
−0.032
0.121
Dietary cholesterol
0.163
−0.236
−0.426
0.078
0.020
Fat
0.253
−0.265
0.145
0.169
0.080
Retinol
0.139
−0.173
−0.214
−0.272
−0.270
Vitamin D
0.158
−0.209
−0.208
−0.359
−0.161
Vitamin B12
0.121
−0.064
0.084
−0.511
−0.194
Potassium
0.251
0.202
−0.068
−0.124
−0.050
Carbohydrates
0.219
0.348
0.170
0.038
0.042
Sugar
0.216
0.252
0.194
0.085
−0.160
Vitamin K
0.008
0.257
0.226
0.087
−0.632
MUFA
0.227
−0.266
0.251
0.213
0.123
PUFA
0.218
−0.313
0.272
0.078
0.063
SFA
0.050
−0.199
0.166
−0.436
0.095
Vitamin E
0.234
−0.256
0.254
0.051
0.004
Folic acid
0.211
−0.030
−0.242
0.323
−0.211
Sodium
0.212
0.024
−0.128
0.042
0.217
Vitamin B6
0.070
0.358
−0.197
−0.126
0.477
MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids; SFA: saturated fatty acids. The bold values are the loadings of each variable correlated to each component. The values are in order to the association for each component.
