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

Table 6

New predictive equations among men.

Independent variables	Stepwise entry of variables	R	R square	Adjusted R square	Equation
All men (n = 208)
Age, Ht, Wt, BMI, IBW, AdjWt, WC, HC, WHR, MAC, TST, MAMA	Wt	0.724	0.524	0.521	REE = 910.062 + Wt × 20.046 − BMI × 21.003
	BMI	0.733	0.537	0.533
Age, PBF, FM, FMI, FFM, FFMI, TBW	FFM	0.696	0.484	0.482	REE = 591.198 + FFM × 19.555 − FM × 9.219
	FM	0.731	0.534	0.529
Normal weight men (n = 59)
Age, Ht, Wt, BMI, WC, HC, WHR, MAC, TST, MAMA	Ht	0.477	0.227	0.214	REE = Ht × 18.035 − 1320.610
Age, PBF, FM, FMI, FFM, TBW	FFM	0.369	0.136	0.121	REE = 1193.657 + FFM × 18.076 − TBW × 6.971
	TBW	0.451	0.204	0.175
Over Wt and obese men (n = 149)
Age, Ht, Wt, BMI, IBW, AdjWt, WC, HC, WHR, MAC, TST, MAMA	Wt	0.673	0.453	0.449	REE = 852.567 + Wt × 13.342
Age, PBF, FM, FMI, FFM, FFMI, TBW	FFM	0.644	0.415	0.411	REE = 567.886 + FFM × 19.778 + FM × 8.984
	FM	0.682	0.465	0.458