Fig. 1

Relationship between the relative amount of linoleic acid in muscle and (a) intramuscular fat or (b) subcutaneous backfat thickness. The linoleic acid (C18:2, in mg/g of fatty acid (FA)) is negatively related to both intramuscular fat content (IMF, %; log (IMF) = 6.26–1.00 × log (C18:2); R²: 0.36) and backfat thickness (BT, mm; log (BT) = 6.24–0.65 × log (C18:2); R²: 0.39)