期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
卷 121, 期 1, 页码 193-208出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-020-04515-1
关键词
Allometry; Basal metabolic rate; Body mass; Metabolic rate; Oxygen consumption; Scaling; Size
资金
- Defence Science and Technology Group (Australia)
- International Postgraduate Tuition Award (University of Wollongong, Australia)
- Brain Pool Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and Information, Communication and Technology [2019H1D3A2A01061171]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2019H1D3A2A01061171] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
The study found that basal and resting metabolic rates in humans scale allometrically with body mass, with an exponent of 0.50-0.55. It was also demonstrated that ratiometric scaling yielded invalid metabolic predictions, even within the relatively narrow experimental mass range. These findings have significant physiological implications for exercise, modeling, nutrition, and metabolism-dependent pharmacological prescriptions.
Purpose In tachymetabolic species, metabolic rate increases disproportionately with body mass, and that inter-specific relationship is typically modelled allometrically. However, intra-specific analyses are less common, particularly for healthy humans, so the possibility that human metabolism would also scale allometrically was investigated. Methods Basal metabolic rate was determined (respirometry) for 68 males (18-40 years; 56.0-117.1 kg), recruited across five body-mass classes. Data were collected during supine, normothermic rest from well-rested, well-hydrated and post-absorptive participants. Linear and allometric regressions were applied, and three scaling methods were assessed. Data from an historical database were also analysed (2.7-108.9 kg, 4811 males; 2.0-96.4 kg, 2364 females). Results Both linear and allometric functions satisfied the statistical requirements, but not the biological pre-requisite of an origin intercept. Mass-independent basal metabolic data beyond the experimental mass range were not achieved using linear regression, which yielded biologically impossible predictions as body mass approached zero. Conversely, allometric regression provided a biologically valid, powerful and statistically significant model: metabolic rate = 0.739 * body mass(0.547)(P < 0.05). Allometric analysis of the historical male data yielded an equivalent, and similarly powerful model: metabolic rate = 0.873 * body mass(0.497)(P < 0.05). Conclusion It was established that basal and resting metabolic rates scale allometrically with body mass in humans from 10-117 kg, with an exponent of 0.50-0.55. It was also demonstrated that ratiometric scaling yielded invalid metabolic predictions, even within the relatively narrow experimental mass range. Those outcomes have significant physiological implications, with applications to exercising states, modelling, nutrition and metabolism-dependent pharmacological prescriptions.
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