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. 2020 Sep 7;10:14701. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71783-4

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for ribeye muscle area and intramuscular fat content of Nelore cattle.

Phenotype N Mean ± standard deviation Minimum Maximum p-value
HREA (cm2) 15 83.66 ± 2.55 81 88 0.01
LREA (cm2) 15 65.73 ± 2.05 61 68
HIFa 15 0.101 ± 0.0095 0.094 0.126 0.05
LIFa 15 0.063 ± 0.0049 0.051 0.067

HREA high ribeye muscle area, LREA low ribeye muscle area, HIF high intramuscular fat content, LIF low intramuscular fat content, N number of animals.

aThe % data were transformed using the arcsine square root function.