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Table 2 Factor-loading matrix for the three dietary patterns among middle-aged and elderly adults in Bengbu city

From: Impact of sleep duration and dietary patterns on risk of metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and elderly adults: a cross-sectional study from a survey in Anhui, Eastern China

Food groups

DP1

(Tubers-meat pattern)

DP2

(Fruit-milk pattern)

DP3

(Vegetable-cereal pattern)

Fruits

-0.017

0.736*

0.231

Milk

0.137

0.636*

-0.026

Eggs

0.429

0.380

0.024

Vegetables

-0.037

0.146

0.717*

Tubers

0.600*

0.085

0.024

Cereal

0.145

0.021

0.742*

Fish

0.690*

-0.224

-0.110

Livestock and poultry meat

0.543*

0.305

0.117

Percentage of variance (%)

16.730

16.960

15.206

  1. * Food groups with factor loadings ≥ 0.50 are highlighted in bold
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