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From: Serum leptin concentrations are not related to dietary patterns but are related to sex, age, body mass index, serum triacylglycerol, serum insulin, and plasma glucose in the US population

Figure 4

Factor loadings (correlation coefficients) for Western dietary pattern in the principle component analysis (n = 4009; weighted n = 99,249,927). Factor loadings were shown for selected food groups (≥ ± 0.2) for simplicity. Western pattern (Factor 2) was loaded heavily on red and processed meats, high-energy drinks, refined grains, pizza/lasagna, eggs, fats, and snacks/sweets.

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Nutrition & Metabolism

ISSN: 1743-7075

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