The Association of General and Central Obesity with Dietary Patterns and Socioeconomic Status in Adult Women in Botswana

Table 3

Factor loading matrix for the six dietary patterns^a.

	Fast foods	Refined carbohydrates	Vegetables & fruits	Fish & nuts	Botswana traditional foods	Organ & red meat
Savouries & fried snacks	0.617
Eggs	0.598
Sweetened drinks	0.554
Fats, oil, & dressings	0.494
White meat	0.431
Hot beverages		0.695
Sweets & desserts		0.686
Milk & milk products		0.574
Other vegetables			0.808
Fruits & fruit juices			0.715
Yellow/orange vegetables			0.592
Fish				0.667
Cruciferous vegetables				0.532
Nuts				0.448
Insect					0.554
Green leafy vegetables					0.546
Legumes					0.515
Starches					0.451
Organ meat						0.734
Red meat						0.712

^aFood groups with factor loading values < 0.3 are excluded for simplicity.