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. 2019 Feb 28;39(1):151–161. doi: 10.5851/kosfa.2019.e12

Table 1. Marbling characteristics, including marbling score, intramuscular fat (IMF) content, and marbling fleck characteristics, of Hanwoo longissimus thoracis muscle.

Mean Standard deviation Minimum Maximum
Marbling score 5.28 1.81 2.00 9.00
IMF content (%) 14.8 5.03 5.69 29.3
Marbling fleck characteristics
 Fleck number 2,762 740.7 474.0 4,209
 Marbling area (cm2) 24.4 6.40 13.7 48.1
 Marbling area ratio (%) 24.5 5.13 16.4 40.8
 Coarseness (C) 0.13 0.05 0.03 0.25
 Fineness (F) 2.26 0.60 1.10 4.08
 F/C ratio 20.2 12.0 5.62 60.7