International Journal of Endocrinology

Research Article

New Predictive Equations for Resting Energy Expenditure in Normal to Overweight and Obese Population

Table 4

Pearson correlation coefficients for resting metabolic rate (RMR) and other predictive variables.


Independent variables	Total (n = 423)	Men				Women
Independent variables	Total (n = 423)	Total men (N = 208)	Normal Wt (N = 59)	Over Wt (N = 80)	Obesity (N = 69)	Total women (N = 215)	Normal Wt (N = 75)	Over Wt (N = 76)	Obesity (N = 64)

Age	−0.230	−0.039	0.038	−0.072	−0.141	0.053	−0.120	−0.142	−0.055
Ht	0.614	0.299	0.477	0.238	0.335	0.263	0.418	0.405	0.173
Wt	0.750	0.714	0.352	0.378	0.659	0.663	0.348	0.465	0.694
BMI	0.553	0.647	0.026	0.290	0.487	0.603	0.085	0.272	0.686
IBW	0.633	0.299	0.477	0.237	0.335	0.263	0.418	0.405	0.173
AdjWt	0.787	0.643	0.485	0.288	0.579	0.571	0.426	0.441	0.469
WC	0.667	0.642	0.144	0.219	0.535	0.538	0.037	0.240	0.531
HC	0.508	0.629	0.347	0.209	0.585	0.556	0.284	0.149	0.520
WHR	0.394	0.155	−0.094	−0.105	−0.007	0.112	−0.244	0.155	0.122
MAC	0.314	0.603	0.193	0.351	0.414	0.502	−0.028	0.221	0.407
TST	0.243	0.486	−0.036	0.081	0.298	0.325	−0.233	0.081	0.249
MAMA	0.208	0.358	0.155	0.271	0.312	0.397	0.138	0.150	0.267
PBF	−0.038	0.521	−0.014	−0.061	0.298	0.458	0.201	0.100	0.197
FM	0.415	0.641	0.107	0.089	0.524	0.629	0.280	0.336	0.661
FMI	0.264	0.603	−0.001	0.019	0.427	0.593	0.172	0.195	0.642
FFM	0.819	0.690	0.369	0.409	0.567	0.646	0.309	0.480	0.614
FFMI	0.746	0.614	0.042	0.364	0.380	0.543	−0.108	0.205	0.583
TBW	0.245	−0.288	−0.189	−0.071	0.063	−0.225	−0.330	−0.265	−0.099
VO₂	0.945	0.992	0.986	0.991	0.989	0.977	0.988	0.939	0.993
VCO₂	0.991	0.914	0.810	0.901	0.872	0.899	0.819	0.903	0.878

Ht, height; Wt, weight; BMI, body mass index; IBW, ideal body weight by the Hamwi equation; AdjWt, adjusted body weight; WC, waist circumference; HC, hip circumference; WHR, waist hip ratio; MAC, midarm circumference; TST, triceps skinfold thickness; MAMA, midarm muscular area; PBF, percent body fat; FM, fat mass; FMI, fat mass index; FFM, fat-free mass; FFMI, fat-free mass index; TBW, total body water; RMR, resting metabolic rate; VO₂, volume of O₂ inspired per minute; VCO₂, volume of CO₂ expired per minute; correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed); correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).