Dietary Patterns and Their Association with Metabolic Syndrome and Their Components in Middle-Class Adults from Damascus, Syria: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 6
Results of the factorial analysis. Loads of each dietary pattern detected in the factorial analysis.
Dietetic pattern 1
Dietetic pattern 2
Dietetic pattern 3
Dietetic pattern 4
Dietetic pattern 5
Carbonated beverages
0.623
0.218
0.125
Grains
0.323
−0.126
0.108
Chicken
0.751
0.429
0.206
−0.172
Meat
0.554
0.121
Falafel
0.730
0.186
Olives
−0.251
0.263
0.149
0.126
Fruits
0.378
0.120
Eggs
0.162
0.568
0.180
−0.153
Vegetables
0.453
0.199
Desserts
0.425
0.122
Traditional Arabic sweets
0.257
0.928
-0.104
−0.233
Sucrose
−0.221
0.287
0.184
Butter
−0.102
0.266
0.182
Vegetable oils
0.253
0.128
0.180
0.295
0.181
Shawarma
0.116
0.261
−0.126
Mayonnaise
0.142
0.180
0.966
Fish
0.192
0.201
0.131
Hamburger
0.109
Pizza and pies
0.158
0.324
Salt
0.269
0.195
0.708
Nuts and dried fruits
0.168
0.205
0.328
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23
20
18
15
Percentage of variance explained by each dietary pattern. The bold values are the loadings of each variable correlated to each dietetic pattern. The values are in order to the association for each dietetic pattern.
