Association of dietary pattern and physical activity with lipid-related indices among Chinese population: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Factor scores of five dietary patterns

	Factor 1 “meat”		Factor 2 “high-energy”		Factor 3 “high-protein”		Factor 4 “healthy”		Factor 5 “traditional Chinese”
	Food	Factor score	Food	factor score	Food	factor score	Food	factor score	Food	factor score
Absolute value ≥ 0.2	Meat^a	0.676	Sugary drinks	0.688	Coarse cereals^c	0.519	Grain	0.399	Grain	0.588
Absolute value ≥ 0.2	Eggs	0.457	Pickled food	0.229	Eggs	0.335	Coarse cereals	0.254	Meat	0.26
	Bean products^b	0.231	Fried food	0.576	Dairy	0.505	Vegetables	0.762	Dairy	− 0.301
	Fish	0.731	Sweets	0.765	Bean products	0.555	Fruits	0.705	Fruits	−0.226
	Alcohol	0.574			Soybean milk	0.748	Alcohol	−0.302	Pickled food	0.611
							Salt	−0.223	Fried food	0.354
									Alcohol	0.281
									Salt	0.591
Absolute value < 0.2	Grain	0.035	Grain	−0.180	Grain	0.079	Meat	0.049	Coarse cereals	0.007
Absolute value < 0.2	Coarse cereals	0.048	Coarse cereals	−0.124	Meat	−0.033	Eggs	0.085	Eggs	−0.028
	Dairy	0.061	Meat	0.075	Vegetables	0.098	Dairy	0.068	Vegetables	0.045
	Vegetables	0.088	Eggs	0.049	Fruits	0.059	Bean products	0.079	Bean products	0.128
	Fruits	0.016	Dairy	0.104	Fish	0.136	Soybean milk	−0.131	Soybean milk	−0.019
	Soybean milk	−0.079	Vegetables	−0.161	Sugary drinks	−0.098	Fish	0.136	Fish	−0.134
	Sugary drinks	0.164	Fruits	0.175	Pickled food	−0.043	Sugary drinks	−0.084	Sugary drinks	0.045
	Pickled food	0.068	Bean products	−0.079	Fried food	0.124	Pickled food	−0.066	Sweets	−0.026
	Fried food	0.032	Soybean milk	0.055	Sweets	−0.010	Fried food	−0.121
	Sweets	−0.115	Fish	0.069	Alcohol	−0.048	Sweets	0.133
	Salt	0.114	Alcohol	− 0.178	Salt	−0.073
			Salt	0.099

^a. Including poultry, pork, beef, mutton and so on
^b. Processed food with soybeans, small beans, green beans, peas, broad beans and other beans as the main raw materials, including tofu and so on, but not soybean milk
^c. Including sorghum, millet, buckwheat, oats and so on

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