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Table 4 RMRm means and their 95% confidence intervals in the BMI classes (kcal/kg body weight/day)

From: Estimating the agreement between the metabolic rate calculated from prediction equations and from a portable indirect calorimetry device: an effort to develop a new equation for predicting resting metabolic rate

BMI classes

Mean

95% C.I

N

Normal Weight

21.7

20.8–22.6

84

Overweight

19.1

18.3–19.8

123

Obese Class I

18.2

17.3–19.1

77

Obese Class II

17.4

16.3–18.7

37

Obese Class III

17.0

15.9–18.1

59