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AAES Research Series 488<br />

Table 5. Sex by age category means for juiciness, tenderness,<br />

and acceptability scores <strong>of</strong> beef steaks.<br />

Characteristic <strong>of</strong> steak 1<br />

Age category Sex Juiciness 2 Tenderness 2 Acceptability 3<br />

Under 30 Female 4.29 + .25 5.03 + .25 5.23 + .17 b<br />

Male 4.84 + .21 5.42 + .21 5.45 + .13 b<br />

Over 30 Female 4.64 + .19 5.30 + .19 4.58 + .22 a<br />

Male 4.82 + .14 5.42 + .14 5.71 + .18 b<br />

1 Scores range from 1 to 8 with 1 = extremely dry to 8 = extremely juicy for juiciness; 1 = extremely tough to 8 = extremely<br />

tender for tenderness; and 1 = extremely undesirable to 8 = extremely desirable for overall acceptability.<br />

2 No differences (P > 0.05) due to age category or gender.<br />

3 Age category by gender interaction (P < 0.01).<br />

a,b Means in a column with no letters in common differ (P < 0.05).<br />

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