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

Table 7

New predictive equations among women.

Independent variables	Stepwise entry of variables	R	R Square	Adjusted R square	Equation
All women (n = 215)
Age, Ht, Wt, BMI, IBW, AdjWt, WC, HC, WHR, MAC, TST, MAMA	Wt	0.663	0.440	0.437	REE = 972.009 + Wt × 15.278 − age × 5.369 − MAC × 11.674
	Age	0.686	0.470	0.465
	MAC	0.695	0.483	0.476
Age, PBF, FM, FMI, FFM, FFMI, TBW	FFM	0.646	0.417	0.415	REE = 745.607 + FFM × 24.818 − TBW × 7.185 − age × 5.793 + FMI × 14.472
	TBW	0.705	0.496	0.492
	Age	0.718	0.516	0.509
	FMI	0.733	0.537	0.528
Normal weight women (n = 75)
Age, Ht, Wt, BMI, WC, HC, WHR, MAC, TST, MAMA	Ht	0.418	0.175	0.164	REE = Ht × 12.086 − 542.676
Age, PBF, FM, FMI, FFM, FFMI, TBW	TBW	0.330	0.109	0.097	REE = 966.832 − TBW × 6.029 + FFM × 22.696 − age × 8.674
	FFM	0.485	0.236	0.214
	Age	0.559	0.312	0.283
Over Wt and obese women (n = 140)
Age, Ht, Wt, BMI, IBW, AdjWt, WC, HC, WHR, MAC, TST, MAMA	Wt	0.602	0.362	0.358	REE = 794.871 + Wt × 12.565 − age × 5.499
	Age	0.628	0.394	0.386
Age, PBF, FM, FMI, FFM, FFMI, TBW	FFM	0.590	0.348	0.343	REE = 602.841 + FFM × 32.399 − TBW × 12.578
	TBW	0.670	0.449	0.441