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. 2013 Sep 30;45(1):36. doi: 10.1186/1297-9686-45-36

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and heritabilities (h2) of recorded traits

Trait Males
 Females
 All
  
N Mean STD N Mean STD Mean STD h2
BW1
 274
 97.67
 14.18
 290
 94.15
 13.39
 95.86
 13.87
 0.32 ± 0.03
BW3
 271
 460.7
 54.29
 296
 413.36
 50.08
 435.99
 57.21
 0.36 ± 0.03
BW5
 272
 1069.38
 109.79
 296
 907.29
 99.43
 984.91
 132.18
 0.41 ± 0.04
BW7
 266
 1690.7
 177.42
 296
 1380.42
 139.27
 1527.28
 221.61
 0.32 ± 0.02
BW9
 276
 2507.05
 262.84
 298
 1979.05
 201.42
 2232.93
 351.99
 0.22 ± 0.02
AFW
 273
 71.93
 21.73
 292
 73.97
 22.17
 72.98
 21.96
 0.61 ± 0.15
AFP
 274
 2.85
 0.76
 292
 3.7
 0.93
 3.29
 0.95
 0.63 ± 0.05
BMWmaj
 273
 110.62
 13.58
 292
 89.15
 10.13
 99.53
 16.03
 0.47 ± 0.05
BMWmin
 274
 37.87
 4.57
 292
 31.37
 3.36
 34.52
 5.15
 0.40 ± 0.06
BMP
 273
 11.82
 0.86
 290
 12.17
 0.94
 12.02
 0.91
 0.59 ± 0.05
ThW
 273
 301.92
 36.23
 291
 229.38
 25.73
 264.49
 47.87
 0.33 ± 0.03
ThP
 278
 24.04
 1.19
 291
 23.13
 1.08
 23.58
 1.22
 0.37 ± 0.04
ShD
 268
 12.59
 0.79
 297
 10.92
 0.59
 11.72
 1.08
 0.45 ± 0.03
ShL
 275
 123.38
 5.92
 296
 108.37
 4.61
 115.60
 9.17
 0.44 ± 0.03
Tb
 272
 41.85
 0.27
 293
 41.88
 0.25
 41.87
 0.26
 0.31 ± 0.08
Glucose
 274
 196.7
 11.78
 295
 196.28
 11.04
 196.48
 11.40
 0.19 ± 0.08
NEFA
 261
 0.488
 0.098
 269
 0.496
 0.099
 0.49
 0.10
 0.16 ± 0.06
IGF-I 272 38.01 8.36 295 38.4 8.93 38.22 8.65 0.38 ± 0.11

BW1, 3, 5, 7, 9 body weight at age 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 weeks (g), AFW and AFP abdominal fat weight (g) and percentage (%), BMWmin and BMWmaj pectoralis minor and major weights (g), BMP breast muscle percentage (%), ThW and ThP thigh weight (g) and percentage (%), ShD and ShL shank diameter and length (mm), Tb, body temperature (°C), Glucose fasting plasma glucose level (mg/dL), IFG-I and NEFAs fasting plasma IGF-I (pg/10 μl of plasma diluted at 1/7) and non-esterified fatty acid levels (mEq/L); STD are standard deviation of the traits, expressed in trait units.