Table 4 Spearman’s correlation coefficient between fatty acids in LT and hair in the total dataset (n = 44).

From: Relationship between intramuscular fat content in longissimus thoracis and hair fatty acids in finishing crossbred bulls

 

Fatty acids in LT and hair

r

P-Value

Fatty acid percentages (% of total fatty acids)

 SFA

  C12:0 (lauric)

0.48

0.001

  OBCFA

-0.59

< 0.001

  C15:0 (pentadecanoic)

-0.65

< 0.001

  C14:0iso (iso-myristic)

-0.52

< 0.001

  MUFA

0.54

< 0.001

  c9-C18:1 (oleic)

0.49

0.001

  PUFA

-0.52

< 0.001

  C18:2n-6 (linoleic)

-0.51

< 0.001

Fatty acid concentration (mg/ 100 g tissue)

 OBCFA

  C14:0iso

-0.33

0.027

  MUFA

0.54

< 0.001

  c9-C18:1 (oleic)

0.52

< 0.001

  c11-C18:1

0.49

0.001

  1. See legend in Table 2.