Table 8.

The Pearson's correlation analysis of principal components, IMF contents, TG profiles, and genes expression.

Items1	Breast muscle			Thigh muscle
	BPC1	BPC2	BPC3	TPC1	TPC2	TPC3	TPC4
Genes
ACACA	−0.005	0.179	0.438	0.198	−0.064	0.104	0.008
ACADL	0.498	0.542	0.569	−0.361	−0.007	0.130	0.059
CPT1A	0.119	0.427	0.767∗∗	−0.175	0.255	0.381	0.364
FABP3	0.408	0.331	0.170	0.024	−0.143	0.019	−0.064
FATP1	0.194	0.383	0.650∗	−0.393	−0.002	0.145	0.119
PPARα	−0.065	0.131	0.661∗	−0.577∗	0.339	0.479	0.541
SCD1	0.049	0.203	0.572	−0.038	−0.261	−0.443	−0.214
SREBP1	0.592∗	0.527	0.355	−0.332	0.267	0.194	0.344
ELOVL5	0.631∗	0.559	0.303	−0.464	0.607∗	0.532	0.728∗∗
Lipids composition
IMF	0.521∗∗	0.407∗∗	−0.085	−0.252	0.391∗∗	0.398∗∗	0.336∗∗
TG	−0.122	−0.089	0.056	0.020	−0.262∗	−0.229	−0.191
ƩSFA	0.948∗∗	0.974∗∗	0.166	0.025	0.831∗∗	0.931∗∗	0.879∗∗
ƩMUFA	0.976∗∗	0.937∗∗	0.097	−0.237	0.950∗∗	0.999∗∗	0.915∗∗
ƩPUFA	0.651∗∗	0.877∗∗	0.703∗∗	−0.006	0.930∗∗	0.946∗∗	0.878∗∗
Ʃn-3	0.579∗∗	0.661∗∗	0.596∗∗	−0.102	0.852∗∗	0.841∗∗	0.787∗∗
Ʃn-6	0.649∗∗	0.880∗∗	0.702∗∗	−0.001	0.927∗∗	0.944∗∗	0.877∗∗
ƩMUFA/ƩSFA	0.790∗∗	0.635∗∗	−0.027	−0.517∗∗	0.859∗∗	0.839∗∗	0.685∗∗
ƩPUFA/ƩSFA	−0.494∗∗	−0.212	0.797∗∗	−0.075	0.112	−0.146	−0.178
Ʃn-6/Ʃn-3	0.149	0.407∗∗	0.262∗	0.141	0.074	0.135	0.128

∗ and ∗∗ indicated the significance of correlations.

Abbreviation: IMF, intramuscular fat; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; SFA, saturated fatty acid; TG, triglyceride.

¹BPC, principal components of breast muscle; TPC, principal components of thigh muscle.