Table 3. Correlation between the β coefficients for UCP1 -3826 A/G and the monthly average outdoor temperature/night length.

	R	P
Average outdoor temperature
in previous months	−0.888	0.00011
in the first month	−0.629	0.028
in the second month	−0.203	0.527
in the third month	0.224	0.484
Average night length
in previous months	0.573	0.051
in the first month	0.196	0.542
in the second month	−0.238	0.457
in the third month	−0.643	0.024

Results of Spearman's rank correlation test (R and P values) are shown. For the definitions of “in previous months”, “in the first month”, “in the second month”, and “in the third month”, see the main text.