Subcutaneous fat

Beef

extensive n = 16

Beef

intensive n = 16

Beef

total n = 32

Cows

total n = 4

P group

beef/cows

P group

ext/int

Lipid content^*

78.3

73.5

76.0

65.9

0.02

0.0753

Lipid comp^**

SFA

45.3

45.6

45.4

38.6

0.0103

0.7418

MUFA

47.1

47.3

47.1

53.6

<0.0001

0.4459

PUFA

2.36

2.63

2.49

2.10

0.0297

0.0027

LA

0.81

0.40

0.62

0.58

0.8955

<0.0001

AA

0.03

0.04

0.03

0.04

0.7233

<0.0001

a-LA

1.29

1.96

1.60

1.25

0.0867

<0.0001

n-3-FA

0.95

0.48

0.73

0.69

0.8955

<0.0001

n-6-FA

1.41

2.15

1.76

1.40

0.2172

<0.0001