Table 5.

Pecorino cheese fatty acids composition as affected by the management system, the farms, and their interaction (LSM ± SEM).

FA, g/100 g of FA	OutS		InS		SEM	Significance 1
	Farm A	Farm B	Farm A	Farm B		Management	Farm	M × F
C4:0	5.78	4.04	3.97	3.20	0.61	+	NS	NS
C6:0	3.18	2.79	3.25	3.20	0.32	NS	NS	NS
C8:0	2.66	2.52	2.59	2.27	0.10	NS	*	NS
C10:0	6.58	7.41	7.41	7.25	0.16	NS	NS	*
C12:0	3.57	4.22	4.72	4.82	0.19	*	NS	NS
C14:0	11.39	12.09	13.22	13.79	0.12	***	***	NS
C14:1	1.14	1.20	1.19	1.08	0.07	NS	NS	NS
C15:0	1.43	1.43	1.47	1.42	0.06	NS	NS	NS
C16:0	23.58	23.92	27.37	27.60	0.74	***	***	NS
C16:1	1.08	1.29	1.08	1.25	0.05	NS	**	NS
C17:0	0.67	0.78	0.80	0.76	0.06	NS	NS	NS
C17:1	0.42	0.43	0.42	0.39	0.03	NS	NS	NS
C18:0	10.01	10.59	10.66	10.69	0.64	NS	NS	NS
C18:1 n9 trans	4.03	3.50	2.96	2.90	0.31	*	NS	NS
C18:1 trans-11	0.38	0.35	0.20	0.15	0.02	***	NS	NS
C18: 1 n9 cis	17.57	17.36	14.12	15.02	0.47	***	NS	NS
C18:2 n6	1.83	1.72	1.14	0.99	0.08	***	NS	NS
C18:3 n3	1.57	1.31	0.76	0.77	0.17	**	NS	NS
C20:1	0.25	0.23	0.23	0.20	0.02	NS	NS	NS
Cis-9 trans-11 CLA	2.10	1.93	1.60	1.43	0.19	*	NS	NS
C20:4	0.13	0.12	0.15	0.11	0.01	NS	**	NS
Others	0.66	0.76	0.70	0.71	0.03	NS	*	NS
MUFA	24.87	24.40	20.17	21.00	0.43	***	NS	NS
PUFA	5.64	5.08	3.66	3.31	0.23	*	NS	NS
SFA	68.84	69.79	75.45	74.99	0.42	***	NS	NS
Atherogenic index 2	2.38	2.60	3.57	3.60	0.08	***	NS	NS

¹ * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01 ***; p ≤ 0.001; + indicates p ≤ 0.10; NS (not significant) indicates p > 0.10. ² (C12:0 + (4 × C14:0) + C16:0)/unsaturated FA. OutS, outdoor system; InS, indoor system; M, management; F, farm; FA, fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; SFA, saturated fatty acids; LSM, least square mean; SEM, standard error of mean.