The mediterranean dietary pattern and breast cancer risk in Greek-Cypriot women: a case-control study

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Table 6 Principal Component Analysis Dietary Patterns

Food	Pattern 1: Meat/Potatoes	Pattern 2: Cereals/Milk/Dairy	Pattern 3: Cakes/Sweets/Nuts/Crackers/Pasta/Rice	Pattern 4: Fruit/Vegetables/Fish/Legumes
Red Meat	0.568
Poultry	0.447
Deli	0.445
Potatoes	0.414
Sausages	0.355
Rabbit	0.342
Yogurt Light		0.593
Cheese Diet		0.546
Milk Skimmed		0.430
Cheese Low-fat		0.388
Milk Full-fat		0.345
Cheese Full-fat		0.342
Cereals		0.342
Cakes			0.621
Chocolates			0.542
Bakery			0.450
Nuts			0.368
Crackers/Biscuits			0.362
Pasta/Rice			0.345
Fish fillet				0.565
Vegetables/Salad				0.528
Fruit				0.447
Legumes				0.415
Fish other				0.336

Factor loadings > 0.340 based on Principal Components Analysis of average intake of 32 food and beverage items, standardized and followed by diagonal rotation

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