Research Article

Association between Resting Energy Expenditure and Heat Pattern in Traditional Medicine

Table 3

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of the heat pattern according to resting energy expenditure.

Model 1Model 2Model 3
OR (CI)OR (CI)OR (CI)

AllREE1.11 (1.00–1.25)0.0581.22 (1.03–1.46)0.0291.21 (1.01–1.46)0.039
FFM0.96 (0.89–1.02)0.1940.96 (0.88–1.05)0.379
Sex: female1.08 (0.23–5.20)0.922
Age0.96 (0.83–1.10)0.538

MenREE1.10 (0.90–1.36)0.3671.13 (0.89–1.44)0.3171.13 (0.89–1.44)0.325
FFM0.97 (0.86–1.10)0.6580.98 (0.86–1.10)0.691
Age0.98 (0.79–1.21)0.871

WomenREE1.29 (0.99–1.73)0.0681.35 (1.02–1.86)0.0471.35 (1.02–1.86)0.050
FFM0.94 (0.82–1.07)0.3400.95 (0.83–1.08)0.448
Age0.94 (0.78–1.12)0.494

Model 1, unadjusted; Model 2, adjusted for FFM; Model 3, adjusted for FFM, sex, and age; CI, confidence interval; HP, heat pattern; OR, odds ratio; REE, resting energy expenditure. The unit of REE is 100 kcal/day.