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Table 6 Rotated component matrix for nutrients

From: Identification of dietary patterns by factor analysis and study of the relationship with nutritional status of rural adolescents using factor scores

Nutrient

Adolescent boys component

Adolescent girls component

1

2

3

1

2

3

Proteins (g)

0.86

0.04

0.35

0.82

0.45

0.05

Total fat (g)

0.48

0.18

0.34

0.17

0.91

−0.00

Energy (Kcal)

0.93

0.05

0.13

0.92

0.21

−0.01

Calcium (mg)

0.02

0.16

0.87

0.00

0.92

0.16

Iron (mg)

0.39

0.00

0.60

0.38

0.45

0.05

Vitamin A (mg)

0.10

0.90

0.16

0.00

0.07

0.93

Thiamine (mg)

0.93

0.07

0.13

0.95

0.05

0.06

Riboflavin (mg)

0.77

0.41

0.21

0.71

0.14

0.50

Niacin (mg)

0.92

0.06

0.04

0.92

−0.00

0.03

Vitamin C (mg)

0.15

0.87

0.04

0.07

0.03

0.87

Free folic acid (μg)

0.71

0.35

0.07

0.61

0.14

0.51

Eigen value

5.7

1.6

1.0

5.2

1.8

1.8

Variance explained

51.8

14.5

9.3

47.2

17.0

15.4

  1. Extraction method; Principal component analysis; Rotation method; Varimax with Kaiser normalization; Rotation converged in 3 iterations in both Boys and Girls.