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Table 2 Relationship between the change in adipose thickness per unit change in body weight (cm/Kg) for each layer and for the total subcutaneous adipose thickness

From: Changes in the relative thickness of individual subcutaneous adipose tissue layers in growing pigs

Adipose layer

Slope

Lower CI (95%)

Upper CI (95%)

P

L1

0.0031

0.0024

0.0042

<0.001

L2

0.0040

0.0027

0.0057

<0.001

L3

0.0020

0.0009

0.0034

0.004

Total

0.0090

0.0065

0.0115

<0.001

  1. Test statistics are based on data from the linear regression model. "Slope" can be interpreted as the marginal effect of body weight on thickness for each particular layer or for the total as indicated, i.e. the change in adipose thickness (in cm) per unit change in body weight in (Kg). Values for the confidence intervals (CI) and the probability (P) that the slop is not zero, are also given.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147