Development of a New Equation for the Prediction of Resting Metabolic Rate in Sri Lankan Adults

Table 1

General characteristics of validation and cross-validation group by sex.

N	Validation group	Cross-validation group	value
	38 (mean ± SD)	19 (mean ± SD)
Age (years)	34.6 ± 13.2	35.4 ± 12.9	0.8255^1
Weight (kg)	63.0 ± 10.4	62.6 ± 10.4	0.6272^1
Height (cm)	162.4 ± 8.3	161.5 ± 9.6	0.7176^1
^2BMI (kg/m^2)	23.8 ± 3.0	23.5 ± 2.5	0.6886^1
^3RMR (kcal/day)	1181.3 ± 199.7	1146.2 ± 152.3	0.4653^1

¹Differences between validation and cross-validation groups were analysed using independent sample t-test. ²Body mass index. ³Resting metabolic rate.