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Table 1 The longitudinal association between body condition score and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-determined total body fat performed on live growing sheep

From: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scans accurately predict differing body fat content in live sheep

Time

BCS vs DXA fat

Week 0

0.72***

Week 8

0.48*

Week 16

0.62**

Week 24

0.58**

Week 32

0.64***

Overall (weeks 0–32)

0.61***

  1. BCS = body condition score. DXA fat = dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-determined total body fat (%). Six-month through to 14-month old castrated male sheep. Measurements taken every 8 weeks over 32 weeks (n = 24, Exp. 3). The associations are represented as correlation coefficients (r). Asterisks indicate statistical significance at: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001