Table 2. Correlation coefficients (r) of marbling characteristics of the longissimus thoracis muscle from Hanwoo steers

Variables	IMF content	Marbling fleck characteristics
		Fleck number	Marbling area	Marbling area ratio	Coarseness (C)	Fineness (F)	F/C ratio
Marbling score	0.87***	−0.30*	0.80***	0.87***	0.23	0.76***	0.11
IMF content		−0.44***	0.88***	0.68***	0.26*	0.60***	0.04
Marbling fleck characteristics
Fleck number			−0.27*	−0.44***	−0.49***	−0.04	0.31*
Marbling area				0.88***	0.31*	0.43***	−0.08
Marbling area ratio					0.26*	0.60***	0.04
Coarseness (C)						−0.21	−0.78***
Fineness (F)							0.56***

p<0.05;
p<0.001.
IMF, intramuscular fat.