Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

Clinical Study

Resting Energy Expenditure in Anorexia Nervosa: Measured versus Estimated

Table 1

Data of the 15 AN patients (14 females and one male) participating in the study.
M e a n ± S D
Anthopometrics 
 Height (cm) 1 6 2 . 4 ± 8 . 7 4
 Weight (kg) 3 8 . 4 ± 5 . 4 1
 BMI (kg/m2) 1 4 . 5 ± 1 . 4 5
 Age (yr) 2 4 . 8 ± 9 . 0 4
Body composition (DXA) 
 Fat mass (kg) 3 . 6 ± 2 . 6 7
 Percent fat mass (%) 9 . 7 ± 6 . 2 7
 Fat-free mass (kg) 3 3 . 1 ± 5 . 0 8
 Percent Free fat mass (%) 8 5 . 6 ± 5 . 5 7
Resting energy expenditure 
 Douglas bag (kcal/day) 9 2 0 . 5 ± 1 2 4 . 0 2
 FitMate (kcal/day) 1 0 0 7 . 1 ± 1 4 0 . 4 7
 Harris-Benedict equation (kcal/day) 1 2 0 5 . 0 ± 9 9 . 1 6
 Müller et al. equation (kcal/day) 9 1 5 . 1 ± 1 1 3 . 3 9
Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; DXA: dual-emission X-ray absorptiometry.