Total energy expenditure of 10- to 12-year-old Japanese children measured using the doubly labeled water method

Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 3 Partial correlation between TEE (kcal/d) and height, body weight (BW), body composition and step count

Covariates	Subject	n	Height	BW	FFM^a	FM^b	% fat	Steps
none	Boys and girls	52	0.365^**	0.521^**	0.702^**	0.088	−0.091	0.430^**
	Boys	31	0.513^**	0.609^**	0.618^**	0.379^*	0.276	0.447^*
	Girls	21	0.517^*	0.425^*	0.767^**	−0.089	−0.314	0.129
MT^c	Boys and girls	52	0.385^**	0.535^***	0.673^***	0.178	0.006	0.388^**
	Boys	31	0.356	0.619^***	0.637^***	0.381^*	0.245	0.375^*
	Girls	21	0.735^***	0.675^**	0.771^***	0.311	0.038	0.075
MT^c and FFM	Boys and girls	52	−0.155	−0.065	–	−0.065	−0.054	0.695^***
	Boys	31	−0.128	0.185	–	0.185	0.184	0.708^***
	Girls	21	0.107	0.049	–	0.049	0.054	0.546^*
MT^c, FFM and FM	Boys and girls	52	−0.153	–	–	–	0.040	0.707^***
	Boys	31	−0.123	–	–	–	0.012	0.696^***
	Girls	21	0.097	–	–	–	0.023	0.548^*

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