Table 4. Fat content (%) of pork BS by quality grade (QG) and gender

Items	Gender	QG1⁺	QG1	QG2
Belly slice at 5^th TV	Barrow	33.80±6.20	37.58±2.67^A	36.50±7.48
Belly slice at 5^th TV	Gilt	30.60±6.98	28.99±6.89^B	30.29±7.91
Belly slice at 6^th TV	Barrow	37.74±4.64	37.70±4.02^A	38.31±5.92^A
Belly slice at 6^th TV	Gilt	33.76±4.52	31.90±5.39^B	33.51±6.34^B
Belly slice at 7^th TV	Barrow	38.38±4.49^A	38.55±2.94	39.08±5.30
Belly slice at 7^th TV	Gilt	35.66±4.59^B	34.44±5.41	34.64±6.53
Belly slice at 8^th TV	Barrow	40.06±5.54	40.00±3.13^A	42.60±4.93^A
Belly slice at 8^th TV	Gilt	38.16±5.24	36.12±4.28^B	36.28±7.32^B
Belly slice at 9^th TV	Barrow	41.03±4.89	41.28±3.78	44.29±4.54A
Belly slice at 9^th TV	Gilt	39.81±4.94	37.09±5.71	36.43±8.14^B
Belly slice at 10^th TV	Barrow	40.83±5.30	41.68±4.09	44.12±4.04^A
Belly slice at 10^th TV	Gilt	39.89±5.24	37.44±5.66	37.38±6.88^B
Belly slice at 11^th TV	Barrow	40.78±5.30	41.16±3.85	44.04±4.03^A
Belly slice at 11^th TV	Gilt	39.50±5.16	37.78±6.27	37.26±6.70^B
Belly slice at 12^th TV	Barrow	41.23±4.85	42.20±3.98^A	44.50±3.44^A
Belly slice at 12^th TV	Gilt	39.10±5.22	36.98±6.51^B	37.08±6.66^B
Belly slice at 13^th TV	Barrow	39.81±6.49	41.16±3.85	43.75±4.28^A
Belly slice at 13^th TV	Gilt	38.80±5.40	36.87±6.95	35.65±7.09^B
Belly slice at 14^th TV	Barrow	37.30±5.65^b	39.07±4.02^ab	41.56±4.37^aA
Belly slice at 14^th TV	Gilt	36.29±5.46	34.32±6.26	33.36±7.93^B
Belly slice at 15^th TV	Barrow	35.19±5.48	36.56±3.85	38.33±4.41^A
Belly slice at 15^th TV	Gilt	33.57±5.06	31.89±5.98	31.95±7.84^B
Belly slice at 16^th TV	Barrow	33.17±5.62	35.17±3.56	36.27±4.13^A
Belly slice at 16^th TV	Gilt	32.02±5.73	30.38±6.39	30.00±7.48^B
Belly slice at 1^st LV	Barrow	31.99±5.53	34.18±3.02	35.19±3.73^A
Belly slice at 1^st LV	Gilt	30.11±5.06	28.99±7.22	29.57±7.53^B
Belly slice at 2^nd LV	Barrow	30.15±4.57	32.79±4.00^A	33.84±4.55^A
Belly slice at 2^nd LV	Gilt	29.04±4.69	27.03±6.12^B	28.45±7.85^B
Belly slice at 3^rd LV	Barrow	27.15±5.83	30.35±3.93^A	30.85±5.43^A
Belly slice at 3^rd LV	Gilt	26.28±5.85	23.47±6.64^B	24.69±7.32^B
Belly slice at 4^th LV	Barrow	20.61±6.20^b	27.34±6.66^a	25.62±7.68^abA
Belly slice at 4^th LV	Gilt	23.19±8.01	20.97±8.27	18.96±8.11^B
Belly slice at 5^th LV	Barrow	13.97±6.71	17.70±7.53	19.34±8.79^A
Belly slice at 5^th LV	Gilt	17.93±9.37^a	12.38±6.71^b	10.55±4.75^bB
Belly slice at 6^th LV	Barrow	8.51±4.10	10.33±2.01	13.44±5.29
Belly slice at 6^th LV	Gilt	10.75±6.47	7.48±4.08	7.45±2.04
Whole belly cut	Barrow	33.68±4.84	35.41±3.12^A	36.78±3.86^A
Whole belly cut	Gilt	32.17±4.75	30.01±5.29^B	30.53±6.51^B

Means with different superscript in the same column significantly differ at p<0.05.
Means with different superscript in the same row significantly differ at p<0.05.
BS, belly slices; TV, thoracic vertebrae; LV, lumbar vertebrae.