|  | Level of BCPOa (%) |  | P value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adipose tissue | Color coordinates | 0 | 4 | 8 | SEM | Overall | Linear | Quadratic |
Subcutaneous | L* | 78.07 | 80.02 | 81.29 | 2.07 | 0.563 | 0.335 | 0.674 |
 | a* | 0.92 | 0.26 | 0.40 | 0.05 | 0.646 | 0.373 | 0.847 |
 | b* | 10.97 | 9.53 | 10.16 | 0.84 | 0.506 | 0.304 | 0.606 |
Omental | L* | 78.14 | 78.71 | 81.03 | 1.17 | 0.235 | 0.226 | 0.199 |
 | a* | 1.04 | 0.96 | 1.00 | 0.25 | 0.318 | 0.384 | 0.239 |
 | b* | 11.01 | 11.03 | 10.57 | 0.38 | 0.660 | 0.632 | 0.423 |
Perirenal | L* | 79.07 | 80.07 | 82.18 | 1.61 | 0.080 | 0.053 | 0.380 |
 | a* | 3.12 | 2.34 | 2.62 | 0.55 | 0.805 | 0.064 | 0.347 |
 | b* | 12.87 | 12.28 | 10.32 | 0.83 | 0.068 | 0.247 | 0.055 |
Mesentery | L* | 80.57 | 79.63 | 77.62 | 1.58 | 0.104 | 0.058 | 0.102 |
 | a* | 1.62 | 1.46 | 1.45 | 0.39 | 0.203 | 0.726 | 0.986 |
 | b* | 11.28 | 13.99 | 11.87 | 0.78 | 0.100 | 0.092 | 0.080 |
Total carotenoid (mg/kg) | ||||||||
Subcutaneous | Â | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.210 | 0.100 | 0.213 |
Omental | Â | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.215 | 0.200 | 0.341 |
Perirenal | Â | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.223 | 0.180 | 0.119 |
Mesentery | Â | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.01 | 0.190 | 0.200 | 0.401 |
Moisture content (%) | ||||||||
Subcutaneous | Â | 14.87 | 13.45 | 8.04 | 2.63 | 0.233 | 0.248 | 0.196 |
Omental | Â | 19.04 | 16.66 | 14.56 | 2.08 | 0.374 | 0.956 | 0.178 |
Perirenal | Â | 18.75 | 13.94 | 11.15 | 2.84 | 0.239 | 0.124 | 0.512 |
Mesentery | Â | 22.68 | 17.04 | 16.92 | 2.81 | 0.324 | 0.149 | 0.977 |