Table 4. Correlation coefficients between carcass characteristics of Korean Native Pigs

Items		x1	x2	x3	x4	x5	x6	x7	x8	x9	x10
Carcass weight (x1)		1	0.262**	0.346**	0.739***	0.031	−0.099	−0.073	−0.001	0.067	0.176*
Carcass % (x2)			1	0.223**	0.009	0.067	−0.084	−0.020	−0.052	0.016	−0.072
Back-fat (x3)				1	0.444**	0.048	0.052	0.048	0.192*	0.028	0.167*
Quality grades (x4)					1	0.029	−0.009	0.033	0.047	0.085	0.360**
Hunter	L* (x5)					1	−0.237**	0.529**	−0.324**	−0.587**	0.147
	a* (x6)						1	0.410**	0.234**	0.375**	0.194*
	b* (x7)							1	−0.135	−0.160	0.190*
pH (x8)									1	0.360**	−0.021
Meat color (x9)										1	0.117
Meat quality grades (1+-2)											1