Journal
OBESITY RESEARCH
Volume 10, Issue 10, Pages 969-977Publisher
NORTH AMER ASSOC STUDY OBESITY
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2002.132
Keywords
energy metabolism; nutritional requirements; body composition
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01-NIDDK 42618] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective: This study tested the hypothesis that tissue-organ components can be derived from DXA measurements, and in turn, resting energy expenditure (REE) can be calculated from the summed heat productions of DXA-estimated brain, skeletal muscle mass (SM), adipose tissue, bone, and residual mass (RM). Research Methods and Procedures: Subjects were divided into five groups of adults <50 years of age. The specific metabolic rate of RM was developed in 13 Group I healthy subjects and a DXA-brain mass prediction formula in 52 Group It subjects. SM, adipose tissue, and bone models were developed based on earlier reports. The composite REE prediction model (REEp) was tested in 154 Group III subjects in whom REEp was compared with measured REE (REEm). Features of the developed model were determined in 94 normal-weight men and women (Group IV) and seven spinal cord injury patients and healthy matched controls (Group V). Results: REEp and REEm in Group III were highly correlated (y = 0.85x + 233; r = 0.82, p < 0,001), and no bias was detected. Both REEm (mean +/- SD, 1579 +/- 324 kcal/d) and REEp (1585 +/- 316 kcal/d) were also highly correlated (r values = 0.85 to 0.98; p values < 0.001) and provided similar group values to REE estimated by the Harris-Benedict equations (1597 +/- 279 kcal/d) and Wang's composite fat-free mass-based REE equation (1547 +/- 248 kcal/d). New insights into the sources and distribution of REE were provided by analysis of the demonstration groups. Discussion: This approach offers a new practical and educational opportunity to examine REE in subject groups using modeling strategies that reveal the magnitude and distribution of fundamental somatic heat-producing units.
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