Independent variables Stepwise entry of variables R R squareAdjusted R square Equation Total (n = 423) Age, gender, Ht, Wt, BMI, IBW, AdjWt, WC, HC, WHR, MAC, TST, MAMA AdjWt 0.787 0.620 0.619 REE = 3832.955 + AdjWt × 48.037 − Ht (cm) × 30.642 + gender × 141.268 − age × 4.525 (equation AA_1) Ht 0.821 0.674 0.672 Gender 0.834 0.695 0.693 Age 0.838 0.702 0.699 Gender, PBF, FM, FMI, FFM, FFMI, TBW FFM 0.819 0.671 0.670 REE = 683.588 + FFM × 21.168 − TBW × 6.119 + gender × 208.529 + FM × 5.704 (equation AA_FFM) TBW 0.832 0.692 0.691 Gender 0.835 0.698 0.696 FM 0.842 0.708 0.706 Normal weight population (n = 134) Age, gender, Ht, Wt, BMI, WC, HC, WHR, MAC, TST, MAMA Ht 0.746 0.556 0.553 REE = Ht × 14.923 + gender × 202.170 − 990.796 (equation AA_2) Gender 0.784 0.615 0.609 Age, gender, PBF, FM, FMI, FFM, TBW FFM 0.745 0.555 0.551 REE = 1053.737 + FFM × 19.536 − TBW × 6.664 + gender × 196.446 − age × 6.445 TBW 0.763 0.582 0.576 Gender 0.789 0.622 0.613 Age 0.798 0.637 0.625 Over Wt and obese (n = 289) Age, gender, Ht, Wt, BMI, IBW, AdjWt, WC, HC, WHR, MAC, TST, MAMA AdjWt 0.763 0.582 0.580 REE = 4128.975 + AdjWt × 49.455 − Ht (cm) × 33.117 + gender × 160.727 − age × 4.207 (equation AA_3) Ht 0.798 0.637 0.634 Gender 0.813 0.661 0.657 Age 0.817 0.668 0.663 Age, gender, PBF, FM, FMI, FFM, FFMI, TBW FFM 0.800 0.640 0.639 REE = 712.703 + FFM × 30.735 − TBW × 9.738 − age × 4.180 TBW 0.815 0.664 0.661 Age 0.819 0.671 0.667