Table 4.

Correlation coefficients between meat color scores and myoglobin in longissimus dorsi

Items	Meat color scores	Mb	DeoMb	OxyMb	MetMb
Meat color scores	1	-	-	-	-
Mb	0.005	1	-	-	-
DeoMb	−0.48*	0.34	1	-	-
OxyMb	0.59**	−0.38	−0.96	1	-
MetMb	−0.62**	0.39	0.92	−0.99	1

Mb, total myoglobin; DeoMb, deoxymyoglobin; OxyMb, oxymyoglobin; MetMb, metmyoglobin. n = 18.

Pearson coefficients,

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01.