A nutrient pattern characterized by vitamin A, C, B6, potassium, and fructose is associated with reduced risk of insulin‐related disorders: A prospective study among participants of Tehran lipid and glucose study

Table 1 Factor loading matrix and explained variances for major nutrient patterns identified by factor analysis^a,b

	Nutrient patterns
Nutrients	Pattern 1	Pattern 2	Pattern 3	Pattern 4	Pattern 5
Starch				0.40
Sucrose
Lactose		0.90
Fructose					0.55
Glucose
Animal protein		0.52
Plant protein	0.80
Fiber			0.40
Saturated fatty acids
Mono unsaturated fatty acids				-0.84
Poly unsaturated fatty acids				-0.83
cholesterol
Vitamin A					0.64
Vitamin D		0.73
Vitamin E				-0.78
Vitamin K			0.94
Thiamine	0.55			0.53
Riboflavin		0.75
Niacin	0.52	-0.32
Pantothenic acid		0.64			0.38
Pyridoxine			0.32		0.46
Folate			0.36	0.58
Vitamin B12		0.41
Vitamin C					0.86
Calcium		0.71	0.64
Phosphor	0.42	0.72
Iron			0.93
Zinc	0.60	0.42	0.32
Copper	0.66
Magnesium	0.75
Manganese	0.66		0.51
Chromium
Selenium	0.88
Sodium
Potassium		0.38	0.55		0.67
Caffeine
Explained variance (%)	22.0	17.2	9.5	6.8	6.4
Cumulative explained variance (%)	22.0	39.3	48.8	55.7	62.2

^aPrinciple Component Analysis (PCA) performed on 36 nutrients adjusted for total energy intake
Nutrients with loadings > 0.40 and less than − 0.40 (in italics) are being characteristic for the five patterns; loadings less than 0.3 (in absolute value) are suppressed
^bKaiser’s Measure of Sampling Adequacy, KMO = 0.70, Bartlett’s test of sphericity = < 0.001

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