In vivo assessment of subcutaneous fat in dogs by real-time ultrasonography and image analysis

Table 4 Least squares means for subcutaneous fat thickness (in mm) from five anatomical points according to body condition classes

	Abdomen	Thigh	Flank	Lumbar	Chest
Fat classification
Overweight	5.43^a	4.54^a	3.61^a	4.48^a	3.45^a
Ideal	2.80^b	2.17^b	2.08^b	2.65^b	2.24^b
Lean	1.30^c	1.81^b	1.19^c	1.61^c	1.49^c
Probability	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001
SEM	0.38	0.29	0.21	0.28	0.20

Body size was used as co-variable
SEM standard error of means
^a,b,cLeast squares means within a column that are followed by a common letter are not significantly different (P > 0.05)

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