Fifty-two (26 males and 26 females) week old broilers were examined for carcass fat characteristic. The phenotypic correlation coefficients between abdominal fat and other traits were: 0.65 - left external sartorial; 0.51 - right external sartorial fat; 0.65 - total external sartorial fat; 0.51 - left internal sartorial fat; 0.46 total internal sartorial fat; 0.66 - total left sartorial fat; 0.49 - total right sartorial fat; 0.63 - total sartorial fat; 0.37 - back skin pinch thickness (under wings).