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Basal metabolic rate as a proxy for overnight energy expenditure: the effect of age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2007

Mirjam P. E. Wouters-Adriaens  and
Klaas R. Westerterp
Mirjam P. E. Wouters-Adriaens*
Affiliation:
Department of Human BiologyMaastricht UniversityPO Box 6166200 MD MaastrichtThe Netherlands
Klaas R. Westerterp
Affiliation:
Department of Human BiologyMaastricht UniversityPO Box 6166200 MD MaastrichtThe Netherlands
*
*Corresponding author: Dr Mirjam P.E. Wouters-Adriaens, fax 31 43 3670976, email M.adriaens@HB.Unimaas.nl
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Recommendations for daily energy requirements use factorial calculations based on BMR. Expressing total energy requirements as a multiple of BMR is based on the assumption that BMR is equal to overnight metabolic rate (OMR). The objective of the present study was to determine if BMR is an appropriate proxy for OMR in children, young adults and elderly. Data are presented of thirty children (11 (sd 2) years), thirty young adults (25 (sd 5) years) and fifty-nine elderly(61 (sd 5) years). OMR was measured in a respiration chamber while sleep was not hindered and BMR was measured directly afterwards with a ventilated hood system under strictly controlled conditions. The mean ratio of OMR:BMR was 0·92 (sd 0·09) for children, which was significantly different from 1·00 (P<0·001), 1·00 (sd 0·07) for young adults and 1·06 (sd 0·09) for elderly whichwas also different from 1·00 (P<0·001). Foradults, BMR is an appropriate measure of OMR. In children, the use of BMR to estimate OMR wouldintroduce an overestimate and for elderly an underestimate.

Keywords

Energy requirementResting energy expenditureBody compositionRespiration chamber
Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 95 , Issue 6 , June 2006 , pp. 1166 - 1170
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2006

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