Table 1. Correlation coefficients between physicochemical properties and muscle fiber characteristics

Traits	Cross-sectional area					Relative fiber area					Fiber density
Traits	I	IIA	IIAX	IIX	Mean	I	IIA	IIAX	IIX	I	IIA	IIAX	IIX	Total
Moisture content	0.06	0.00	0.01	0.16	0.09	−0.39^***	0.02	−0.41^***	0.46^***	−0.30^**	−0.17	−0.41^***	0.13	−0.21^*
Crude protein content	0.15	0.12	0.10	−0.01	0.08	−0.32^***	0.36^***	0.06	0.09	−0.23^**	−0.01	0.00	0.08	−0.12
Crude fat content	−0.15	−0.07	−0.06	−0.22^*	−0.17	0.49^***	−0.11	0.33^***	−0.49^***	0.39^***	0.21^*	0.36	−0.10	0.28^**
Crude ash content	0.02	0.11	0.07	0.26^**	0.16	−0.29^**	−0.15	−0.05	0.38^***	−0.24^**	−0.28^**	−0.10	−0.09	−0.24^**
pH	0.01	−0.03	−0.04	−0.05	−0.03	0.15	−0.10	−0.06	−0.06	0.10	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.08
CIE L*	0.05	0.01	0.06	−0.11	−0.03	−0.15	0.19	0.23^**	−0.01	−0.11	0.02	0.05	0.13	−0.03
CIE a*	−0.21^*	−0.20^*	−0.15	−0.19^*	−0.21	−0.09	0.01	−0.03	0.09	0.01	0.10	0.04	0.27^**	0.10
CIE b*	−0.06	−0.05	−0.05	−0.16	−0.10	−0.13	0.20^*	0.05	0.00	−0.08	0.08	0.01	0.19^*	0.02
Cooking loss	0.00	−0.17	−0.11	−0.23^**	−0.15	−0.15	0.33^***	−0.05	−0.04	−0.04	0.21^*	0.01	0.18	0.08
Shear force	0.74^*	0.65^*	0.56^*	0.69^***	0.73	−0.52^***	0.36^***	−0.10	0.34^***	−0.69^***	−0.55^***	−0.50^***	−0.46^***	−0.70^***

p<0.05;
p<0.01;
p<0.001.