Table 2.
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients between liver mass, body mass, and concentration (µg/g) of antioxidants in livers of common eiders. Numbers in bold are statistically significant at the 0.05 level. The sample size was 162 eiders.
| Liver Mass | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liver mass | 1.000 | Body mass | ||||
| Body mass | 0.270 | 1.000 | Vitamin A | |||
| Vitamin A | 0.085 | 0.088 | 1.000 | Vitamin E | ||
| Vitamin E | 0.106 | 0.098 | 0.658 | 1.000 | Total carotenoids | |
| Total carotenoids | −0.013 | 0.121 | 0.123 | 0.525 | 1.000 | Coenzyme Q10 |
| Coenzyme Q10 | −0.268 | −0.096 | 0.072 | 0.291 | 0.391 | 1.000 |