New residual feed intake criterion for longitudinal data

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the data

Week	ADG (10× g/d)		MBW (10× kg^0.6)		BF (0.1× mm)		FI (10× g/d)
Week	Mean ± sd	% missing	Mean ± sd	% missing	Mean ± sd	% missing	Mean ± sd	% missing
1	74 ± 14	12	90 ± 9	52	75 ± 10	87	168 ± 36	< 1
2	77 ± 14	59	96 ± 10	59	76 ± 13	95	181 ± 38	< 1
3	77 ± 13	55	106 ± 10	8	107 ± 20	46	193 ± 39	< 1
4	81 ± 14	61	112 ± 10	58	107 ± 16	92	202 ± 40	< 1
5	84 ± 15	8	118 ± 10	53	104 ± 14	89	213 ± 41	< 1
6	86 ± 14	60	124 ± 11	52	103 ± 16	87	221 ± 42	< 1
7	89 ± 15	53	133 ± 10	< 1	128 ± 27	37	229 ± 43	< 1
8	91 ± 16	55	138 ± 10	13	122 ± 23	86	234 ± 44	< 1
9	81 ± 17	14	145 ± 10	32	126 ± 19	82	242 ± 44	< 1
10	87 ± 18	74	150 ± 10	35	123 ± 18	77	245 ± 44	6

ADG average daily gain, MBW metabolic body weight, BF backfat thickness, FI feed intake

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