Table 2.

Least square means and additive values (± standard error) for fatty acids content and fatty acid ratios in the gluteus medius muscle by DGAT2 genotype.

TraitA	DGAT2 genotype			Additive valueB
	GG (n = 485)	AG (n = 482)	AA (n = 126)	a	P-value
Fatty acid, %
C14:0	1.65 ± 0.01a	1.61 ± 0.01b	1.57 ± 0.02b	0.04 ± 0.01	< 0.01
C16:0	23.98 ± 0.06	23.94 ± 0.06	23.74 ± 0.11	0.12 ± 0.06	0.05
C18:0	11.35 ± 0.05b	11.51 ± 0.05a	11.51 ± 0.09a,b	− 0.08 ± 0.05	0.10
SFA	37.18 ± 0.10	37.27 ± 0.10	37.04 ± 0.18	0.07 ± 0.10	0.48
C16:1n-7	3.79 ± 0.03a	3.66 ± 0.03b	3.55 ± 0.05c	0.12 ± 0.03	< 0.0001
C18:1n-7	4.79 ± 0.04a	4.74 ± 0.03a,b	4.66 ± 0.05b	0.06 ± 0.02	0.01
C18:1n-9	41.01 ± 0.16	41.27 ± 0.14	41.25 ± .21	− 0.12 ± 0.11	0.29
MUFA	49.52 ± 0.10	49.57 ± 0.10	49.59 ± 0.18	− 0.03 ± 0.10	0.73
C18:2n-6	10.69 ± 0.07	10.62 ± 0.07	10.79 ± 0.12	− 0.06 ± 0.07	0.40
C18:3n-3	0.60 ± 0.005	0.60 ± 0.005	0.61 ± 0.01	− 0.01 ± 0.01	0.23
PUFA	13.29 ± 0.09	13.16 ± 0.09	13.36 ± 0.15	− 0.04 ± 0.08	0.66
Fatty acid ratio
C16:1n-7/C16:0 (× 10)	1.59 ± 0.01a	1.54 ± 0.01b	1.51 ± 0.02b	0.04 ± 0.01	< 0.01
C16:1n-7/C18:1n-9 (× 10)	0.81 ± 0.01c	0.84 ± 0.01b	0.89 ± 0.02a	0.04 ± 0.01	< 0.0001
C18:1n-7/C18:0 (× 10)	4.27 ± 0.06a	4.13 ± 0.05a,b	4.02 ± 0.08b	0.13 ± 0.04	< 0.01
C18:1n-9/C18:0	3.66 ± 0.04	3.60 ± 0.03	3.55 ± 0.05	0.06 ± 0.03	0.06
(C16:1n-7 + C18:1n-7)/C16:0 (× 10)	3.39 ± 0.04a	3.30 ± 0.03b	3.21 ± 0.05b	0.09 ± 0.02	< 0.01

^ASFA: saturated fatty acids (C14:0 + C16:0 + C18:0 + C20:0); MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids (C16:1n-7 + C18:1n-9 + C18:1n-7 + C20:1n-9); and PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids (C18:2n-6 + C18:3n-3 + C20:2n-6 + C20:4n-6).

^BAdditive allele substitution of G for A.

^a,b,cWithin trait, means with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Bold font indicates statistical significance.