Biochemical and Microbiological Characteristics of Fresh Sardines (Sardinella maderensis) from the Exclusive Economic Zone of Mauritania Waters

Table 4

For each variable and each market, the percentage of samples not meeting the quality standard as well as the / values (absolute number of samples not meeting the quality standard/total number of available samples) are shown. For each variable, the value of the chi-square tests for testing whether the differences between markets are significant is also shown.

Variable	MPN (reference)	Market Cinquième	Market eff	Market Teyarett	MNP	P
TVC	0.0% (0/27)	7.4% (2/27)	0.0% (0/27)	11.1% (3/27)	3.7% (1/27)	0.3091
ENT	20.0% (3/15)	53.3% (8/15)	60.0% (9/15)	86.7% (13/15)	53.3% (8/15)	0.0084
TC	25.9% (7/27)	92.6% (25/27)	92.6% (25/27)	100.0% (27/27)	88.9% (24/27)	<.0001
FC	3.7% (1/27)	48.1% (13/27)	40.7% (11/27)	77.8% (21/27)	14.8% (4/27)	<.0001
EC	0.0% (0/27)	14.8% (4/27)	11.1% (3/27)	22.2% (6/27)	3.7% (1/27)	0.0644
TVBN35	0.0% (0/24)	4.2% (1/24)	0.0% (0/24)	4.2% (1/24)	4.2% (1/24)	1.0000
TVBN25	12.5% (3/24)	29.2% (7/24)	12.5% (3/24)	29.2% (7/24)	12.5% (3/24)	0.2855
TMA	16.7% (4/24)	33.3% (8/24)	20.8% (5/24)	29.2% (7/24)	20.8% (5/24)	0.7095