Table 3.

Correlations between BMR and body composition.

	Organ		Treatment		Interaction		Adjusted R2	BIC	∆BIC
	F (df)	P	F (df)	P	F (df)	P
Total musclesa	9.8 (1,31)	<0.01	13.7 (1,31)	<0.001	—	—	0.33	−163.4	—
Skin	9.0 (1,31)	<0.01	11.9 (1,31)	<0.01	—	—	0.32	−162.7	−0.7
Carcassa	8.9 (1,31)	<0.01	14.6 (1,31)	<0.001	—	—	0.32	−162.6	−0.8
Legsa	6.4 (1,31)	<0.05	14.5 (1,31)	<0.001	—	—	0.28	−160.5	−3.0
Pectoralis	4.9 (1,31)	<0.05	5.1 (1,31)	<0.05	—	—	0.24	−159.0	−4.4
Lungs	1.8 (1,30)	0.19	8.0 (1,30)	<0.01	5.6 (1,30)	<0.05	0.26	−157.2	−6.2
Brain	2.6 (1,31)	0.11	9.1 (1,31)	<0.01	—	—	0.19	−156.8	−6.6
Kidneys	2.3 (1,31)	0.14	7.1 (1,31)	<0.05	—	—	0.19	−156.5	−6.9
Heart (wet)	0.99 (1,30)	0.33	6.1 (1,30)	<0.05	—	—	0.24	−156.3	−7.1
Intestine	6.1 (1,31)	<0.05	3.7 (1,30)	0.06	—	—	0.17	−155.6	−7.8
Gizzard	0.74 (1,31)	0.4	5.9 (1, 31)	<0.05	—	—	0.15	−154.9	−8.6
Pancreas	1.2 (1,28)	0.3	6.9 (1,28)	<0.05	—	—	0.15	−138.6	−24.8
Liver	0.12 (1,22)	0.7	2.1 (1, 21)	0.16	—	—	−0.04	−102.9	−60.6

Results are from final ANCOVA models, including lean dry mass of organ and treatment as variables.

^aIncludes bone mass (see text for details).