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. 2018 Jun 29;2(4):383–395. doi: 10.1093/tas/txy082

Table 7.

A summary of Spearman correlations between BW at different periods with the time to reach MBW (T103) for the three data sets studied

Item Birth-T103 Weaning-T103 Nursery-T103 Growing-T103 Finishing-T103
Data set 1* ρ = −0.49 ρ = −0.68 ρ = −0.74 ρ = −0.85
(P < 0.0001) (P < 0.0001) (P < 0.0001) (P < 0.0001)
Data set 2 ρ = −0.36 ρ = −0.51 ρ = −0.70 ρ = −0.78 ρ = −0.89
(P <.0001) (P < 0.0001) (P < 0.0001) (P < 0.0001) (P < 0.0001)
Data set 3 ρ = −0.31 ρ = −0.46 ρ = −0.71 ρ = −0.77 ρ = −0.89
(P < 0.0001) (P < 0.0001) (P < 0.0001) (P < 0.0001) (P < 0.0001)

Birth refers to 0 d of age; weaning refers to 21 d of age (DS1 and DS3) or 28 d of age (DS2); nursery refers to around 64 d of age; growing refers to around 83 d of age; and finishing refers to 125 d of age (116 d for DS1).

*No data available for birth.

ρ = rho or Spearman correlation coefficient.