. 2018 Apr 12;32(1):137–143. doi: 10.5713/ajas.17.0672

Table 3.

Chemical composition, fatty acid composition, nutritional indexes and lipid metabolism indexes of goose meat according to genotype and sex

Items	Czech goose		Novohradska goose		RMSE	p value

	Male	Female	Male	Female		Genotype	Sex	Genotype×sex
Chemical composition (%)
Dry matter	24.18	24.42	23.95	24.05	0.52	0.115	0.374	0.702
Fat	2.02	2.43	2.18	2.25	0.57	0.966	0.248	0.407
Fatty acid (%)
Myristic	0.86	0.71	0.73	0.73	0.19	0.410	0.270	0.255
Palmitic	19.84	19.25	20.08	19.88	0.90	0.184	0.227	0.539
Stearic	10.63	9.61	10.51	10.06	1.02	0.652	0.051	0.441
Palmitoleic	2.53	2.46	2.66	2.73	0.26	0.047	0.994	0.446
Oleic	37.17	37.29	38.88	38.15	2.40	0.141	0.718	0.619
Eicosenoic	0.26	0.26	0.30	0.29	0.03	<0.001	0.616	0.738
Linoleic	16.71	19.30	15.46	16.84	1.52	0.002	<0.001	0.270
Arachidonic	5.50	4.99	4.97	4.96	0.83	0.344	0.379	0.411
α-linolenic	0.99	1.13	0.88	1.05	0.20	0.196	0.038	0.826
Eicosapentaenic	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.017	0.619	0.066
Clupanodonic	0.48	0.44	0.48	0.48	0.07	0.408	0.343	0.543
Docosahexaenic	0.93	0.80	0.92	0.82	0.16	0.869	0.057	0.791
Total SFA	32.13	30.28	32.01	31.41	1.73	0.414	0.054	0.314
Total MUFA	42.33	42.22	44.34	43.55	2.49	0.068	0.608	0.702
Total n-6	22.99	24.99	21.21	22.53	1.83	0.003	0.016	0.606
Total n-3	2.47	2.44	2.35	2.42	0.28	0.524	0.867	0.595
Total PUFA	25.54	27.51	23.65	25.04	2.05	0.006	0.028	0.695
Nutritional indexes
PUFA n-6/PUFA n-3 ratio	9.36	10.28	9.04	9.36	0.64	0.010	0.010	0.205
Atherogenicity index	0.35	0.32	0.34	0.33	0.03	0.610	0.130	0.325
Thrombogenicity index	0.78	0.72	0.78	0.76	0.06	0.329	0.055	0.408
Proxidability index	53.84	53.19	50.21	50.96	5.33	0.131	0.977	0.713
hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic ratio	3.00	3.21	2.97	3.04	0.23	0.210	0.091	0.368
Lipid metabolism indexes
Elongase	0.54	0.50	0.52	0.51	0.05	0.941	0.178	0.571
Thioesterase	24.55	27.79	29.18	27.37	4.85	0.229	0.682	0.153
Δ⁹ desaturase (16)	11.32	11.35	11.69	12.05	1.01	0.145	0.590	0.639
Δ⁹ desaturase (18)	77.67	79.45	78.68	79.11	2.54	0.711	0.229	0.457
Δ⁹ desaturase (16+18)	56.71	57.92	57.67	58.77	2.40	0.292	0.183	0.951
Δ⁵ – Δ⁶ desaturase	29.31	24.36	29.28	27.01	3.45	0.290	0.006	0.282

RMSE, root mean square error; SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids.