Table 4. Simple correlation coefficients between chemical and histological values, WHC and gel strength

Variable Code 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
WHC (%) 1 0.65 −0.97* 0.65 0.16 −0.99** 0.98* 0.13 0.75 0.18 −0.80 0.80 −0.66
Gel strength 2 −0.81 0.52 0.01 −0.57 0.61 −0.29 0.16 0.43 −0.14 0.14 −0.12
T2 relaxation time (ms) 3 −0.59 −0.03 0.93 −0.96* −0.09 −0.67 −0.18 0.62 −0.62 0.48
PT22 (%) 4 0.82 −0.69 0.50 −0.63 0.05 0.84 −0.71 0.71 −0.85
Tmax2 (°C) 5 −0.25 −0.01 −0.76 −0.32 0.84 −0.53 0.53 −0.78
Surface hydrophobicity 6 −0.97* −0.11 −0.75 −0.20 0.87 −0.87 0.74
Ionic bonds 7 0.30 0.84 0.00 −0.75 0.75 −0.55
Hydrogen bonds 8 0.74 −0.95* −0.05 0.05 0.26
Hydrophobic interactions 9 −0.50 −0.64 0.64 −0.35
Disulfide bond 10 −0.24 0.24 −0.51
α-Helix (%) 11 −1.00** 0.94
β-Folding (%) 12 −0.94
Irregular curling (%) 13
p<0.05;
p<0.01.
WHC, water holding capacity.