Table 4. Correlation coefficients (r) of marbling characteristics and histochemical characteristics of the longissimus thoracis muscle from Hanwoo steers

Variables	Marbling score	IMF content	Marbling fleck characteristics
			Fleck number	Marbling area	Marbling area ratio	Coarseness (C)	Fineness (F)	F/C ratio
Muscle fiber area percentage
Type I	0.14	−0.07	0.09	0.09	−0.07	0.22	−0.33**	−0.34**
Type IIA	0.07	−0.06	0.13	0.05	−0.06	−0.22	0.10	0.17
Type IIX	0.02	0.10	−0.18	−0.10	0.10	0.06	0.12	0.06
Muscle fiber number percentage
Type I	−0.12	−0.03	−0.06	0.05	−0.03	0.26*	−0.26*	−0.37**
Type IIA	0.13	−0.03	0.12	0.05	−0.03	−0.28*	0.19	0.26*
Type IIX	−0.01	0.05	−0.06	−0.09	0.05	0.01	0.08	0.11
Muscle bundle characteristics
Bundle area	−0.04	−0.16	−0.06	−0.14	−0.16	−0.09	0.07	0.08
Fiber number per bundle	0.07	0.01	−0.03	−0.07	0.01	0.01	0.20	0.07
Total bundle number	0.07	−0.02	0.26*	0.13	−0.02	0.13	−0.09	−0.15

p<0.05;
p<0.01.
IMF, intramuscular fat.