Comparison of Predictive Equations for Resting Energy Expenditure in Overweight and Obese Adults

Table 3

Comparison of REE values from predictive equations and indirect calorimetry.

	REE (IC)	Mifflin	Harris and Benedict	WHO1	WHO2	Owen
Total	1896 ± 418^a	1607 ± 304^b	1718 ± 329^c	1756 ± 303^c	1765 ± 310^c	1607 ± 284^b
Men	2128 ± 35^a	1820 ± 233^b	1940 ± 302^c	1993 ± 340^c	2014 ± 334^c	1851 ± 185^b
Women	1675 ± 356^a	1405 ± 213^b	1508 ± 184^c	1531 ± 141^c	1528 ± 140^c	1374 ± 117^b

Different letters = 𝑃<0.05 (no comparison between gender).
^a, ^b, ^cAnova one-way and Sheffe post-hoc test.