TABLE 5.
Correlation coefficient between histological scores, white striping (WS) and wooden breast (WB) abnormalities, and absolute transcript abundance.
| Pearson’s correlation coefficient | Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflammation | Adipose tissue infiltration | WS | WB | |
| Inflammation | na | na | 0.45* | 0.36 |
| Adipose tissue infiltration | na | na | 0.46* | 0.47** |
| WS | na | na | na | 0.67*** |
| WB | na | na | 0.67*** | na |
| ADIPOQ | −0.08 | −0.12 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| CD36 | 0.43* | 0.56** | 0.66*** | 0.51** |
| FABP4 | 0.57** | 0.76*** | 0.61** | 0.51** |
| LITAF | 0.29 | 0.37* | 0.45* | 0.31 |
| LPIN1 | −0.19 | −0.17 | 0.14 | 0.03 |
| LPL | 0.27 | 0.40* | 0.51* | 0.48** |
| MYF5 | −0.18 | −0.03 | 0.37 | 0.30 |
| PDGFRA | 0.36* | 0.73*** | 0.51** | 0.47** |
| PLIN1 | 0.61** | 0.81*** | 0.57** | 0.47** |
| PPARG | 0.49** | 0.67*** | 0.52** | 0.43* |
| POSTN | 0.38* | 0.66*** | 0.44* | 0.48** |
| SCD1 | 0.51** | 0.62** | 0.54** | 0.47** |
| TGFB1 | 0.47** | 0.54** | 0.54** | 0.42* |
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.0001, na = not applicable.