Table 4 Descriptives of included predictive equations
Author, year of publication and referred to as | Study population and n | Age (mean ± SD or range) | REE Equations (kcal/day) |
|---|---|---|---|
Bernstein, 1983 [24] | Obese individuals; patients who enrolled the Weight Control Unit of the Obesity Research Center IC instrument: Beckman n: 48 M/154 F | M: 39 ± 12 y | M: 11.02 × WT + 10.23 × HTCM - 5.8 × AGE – 1032 |
F: 40 ± 13 y | F: 7.48 × WT - 0.42 × HTCM - 3.0 × AGE + 844 | ||
FAO/WHO/UNU, 1985 [15] WHO-wt WHO-wtht | n: 575 M/734 F | All: 30–82y | M 18–30: (15.3 × WT) + 679 |
F 18–30: (14.7 × WT) + 496 | |||
M 30–60: (11.6 × WT) + 879 | |||
F 30–60: (8.7 × WT) + 829 | |||
M 60+: (13.5 × WT) + 487 | |||
F 60+: (10.5 × WT) + 596 | |||
Equations based on weight and height | |||
M 18–30: (15.4 × WT) – (27 × HTM) + 717 | |||
F 18–30: (13.3 × WT) + (334 × HTM) + 35 | |||
M 30–60: (11.3 × WT) + (16 × HTM) + 901 | |||
F 30–60: (8.7 × WT) - (25 × HTM) + 865 | |||
M 60+: (8.8 × WT) + (1128 × HTM) – 1071 | |||
F 60+: (9.2 × WT) + (637 × HTM) – 302 | |||
Harris & Benedict, 1918 [10] | n: 136 M/103 F | M: 27 ± 9 (16–63) y | M: 66.4730 + (13.7516 × WT) + (5.0033 × HTCM) – (6.7550 × AGE) |
F: 31 ± 14 (15–74) y | F: 655.0955 + (9.5634 × WT) + (1.8496 × HTCM) – (4.6756 × AGE) | ||
Harris & Benedict, 1984 Roza & Shizgal [11] H&B by Roza | Data of Harris & Benedict (1918) and data of two further studies by Benedict with data on additional subjects (n: 168 M/169 F) | M: 30 ± 14 y | M: 88.362 + (13.397 × WT) + (4.799 × HTCM) – (5.677 × AGE) |
F: 44 ± 22 y | F: 447.593 + (9.247 × WT) + (3.098 × HTCM) – (4.330 × AGE) | ||
Korth, 2007 [18] | Healthy euthyroid weight stable subjects who were recruited by local announcements n: 50 M/54 F | M: 39 ± 14 (21–68) y | All: (41.5 × WT) – (19.1 × AGE) + (35.0 × HTCM) + (1107.4 × SEX) – 1731.2/4.184 |
F: 35 ± 15 (20–66) y | |||
Livingston, 2005 [23] | Institute of Medicine population n: 299 M/356 F | M: 36 ± 15 (18–95) y | M: 293 × WT 0.4330 – (5.92 × AGE) |
F: 39 ± 13 (18–77) y | F: 248 × WT 0.4356 – (5.09 × AGE) | ||
Mifflin, 1990 [22] | IC instrument: metabolic measurement cart with a canopy hood (Metabolic Measurement Cart Horizons System) n: 251 M (122 obese)/247 F (112 obese) | M: 44 ± 14 (19–78) y | M: (9.99 × WT) + (6.25 × HTCM) – (4.92 × AGE) + 5 |
F: 45 ± 14 (20–76) y | F: (9.99 × WT) + (6.25 × HTCM) – (4.92 × AGE) – 161 | ||
Muller, 2004 [21] | Data from seven different research centers in Germany IC instruments: Deltatrac, Beckman, Mouthpiece (metabolic chamber) n BMI < 18.5: 58 n BMI 18.5–25: 444 n BMI 25–30: 266 n BMI > 30: 278 | BMI ≤ 18.5: 32 ± 12 y | All: (0.047 × WT) + (1.009 × SEX) – (0.01452 × AGE) + 3.21/4.184 ×1000 |
BMI > 18.5–25: 38 ± 17 y | BMI ≤ 18.5: (0.07122 × WT) – (0.02149 × AGE) + (0.82 × SEX) + 0.731/4.184 ×1000 | ||
Muller | BMI > 25–30: 53 ± 16 y | BMI > 18.5–25: (0.02219 × WT) + (0.02118 × HTCM) + (0.884 × SEX) – (0.01191 × AGE) + 1.233/4.184 ×1000 | |
MullerBMI | BMI ≥ 30: 47 ± 13 y | BMI > 25–30: (0.04507 × WT) + (1.006 × SEX) – (0.01553 × AGE) + 3.407/4.184 ×1000 | |
BMI ≥ 30: (0.05 × WT) + (1.103 × SEX) – (0.01586 × AGE) + 2.924/4.184 ×1000 | |||
Henry, 2005 [20] | Worldwide population (excluded Italian subjects) from several papers M 18–30 y: 2821/2816 F 18–30 y: 1664/1655 M 30–60 y: 1010/1006 F 30–60 y: 1023/1023 M 60+ y: 534/533 F 60+ y: 334/324 | M 18–30: 22 y | M 18–30 y: (16 × WT) + 545 |
Henry-wt | F 18–30: 22 y | F 18–30 y: (13.1 × WT) + 558 | |
M 30–60: 40 y | M 30–60 y: (14.2 × WT) + 593 | ||
F 30–60: 41 y | F 30–60 y: (9.74 × WT) + 694 | ||
M 60+: 70 y | M 60+ y: (13.5 × WT) + 514 | ||
F 60+: 69 y | F 60+ y: (10.1 × WT) + 569 | ||
Equations based on weight and height | |||
Henry-wtht | M 18–30 y: (14.4 × WT) + (313 × HTM) + 113 | ||
F 18–30 y: (10.4 × WT) + (615 × HTM) – 282 | |||
M 30–60 y: (11.4 × WT) + (541 × HTM) – 137 | |||
F 30–60 y: (8.18 × WT) + (502 × HTM) – 11.6 | |||
M 60+ y: (11.4 × WT) + (541 × HTM) – 256 | |||
F 60+ y: (8.52 × WT) + (421 × HTM) + 10.7 | |||
Schofield, 1985 [19] | Collection of different authors and papers M 18–30 y: 2879 M 30–60 y: 646 M 60+ y: 50 F 18–30 y: 829 F 30–60 y: 372 F 60+ y: 38 | M 18–30: 22 y | M 18–30 y: (0.063 × WT) + 2.896/4.184 × 1000 |
Schofield-wt | F 18–30: 22 y | F 18–30 y: (0.062 × WT) + 2.036/4.184 × 1000 | |
M 30–60: 40 y | M 30–60 y: (0.048 × WT) + 3.653/4.184 × 1000 | ||
F 30–60: 40 y | F 30–60 y: (0.034 × WT) + 3.538/4.184 × 1000 | ||
M 60+: 72 y | M 60+ y: (0.049 × WT) + 2.459/4.184 × 1000 | ||
F 60+: 66 y | F 60+ y: (0.038 × WT) + 2.755/4.184 × 1000 | ||
Equations based on weight and height | |||
Schofield-wtht | M 18–30 y: (0.063 × WT) – (0.042 × HTM) + 2.953/4.184 × 1000 | ||
F 18–30 y: (0.057 × WT) + (1.184 × HTM) + 0.411/4.184 × 1000 | |||
M 30–60 y: (0.048 × WT) – (0.011 × HTM) + 3.67/4.184 × 1000 | |||
F 30–60 y: (0.034 × WT) + (0.006 × HTM) + 3.53/4.184 × 1000 | |||
M 60+ y: (0.038 × WT) + (4.068 × HTM) – 3.491/4.184 × 1000 | |||
F 60+ y: (0.033 × WT) + (1.917 × HTM) + 0.074/4.184 × 1000 |