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Table 2 Factor loadings for the chewing function questionnaire from the 1- and 2-factor solution (weighted least squares with quartimin rotation).

From: Validating an alternate version of the chewing function questionnaire in partially dentate patients

Food

Factor loadings shown when > 0.5

 

1-factor

2-factor

  

1

2

TOFU

0.39

1.12*

 

RICE

0.64

0.56

 

UDON Noodle

0.69

0.55

 

Pudding

0.40

0.74

 

Lettuce

0.71

 

0.56

Shrimp TEMPURA

0.78

 

0.62

Cucumber

0.84

 

0.71

Baked RICE CAKE

0.76

 

0.76

Beef steak

0.79

 

0.75

PICKLED RADISH

0.95

 

0.86

MARINATED OCTOPUS

0.90

 

0.83

Hard Biscuit

0.85

 

0.91

MILLET and RICE CAKE

0.89

 

0.93

Hard RICE CRACKER

0.89

 

0.96

Cockle

0.89

 

0.87

Hard PICKLED RADISH

0.94

 

0.91

Dried CUTTLEFISH

0.92

 

0.96

Chewing gum

0.67

 

0.72

Whole apple

0.75

 

0.80

Cutting cotton thread

0.70

 

0.77

  1. Only correlations of ≥ 0.5 are shown. Uppercase text indicates a Japanese food.
  2. * For rotated solutions, the loadings might be slightly less than -1 or slightly greater than +1, because the factors are not orthogonal with an oblique rotation.
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BMC Oral Health

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