TITLE:
Resting Energy Expenditure in a Controlled Group of Young Arab Females: Correlations with Body Composition and Agreement with Prediction Equations
AUTHORS:
Abdelmonem Hassan, Aalaa Mahdi, Lara Hamade, Abdelhamid Kerkadi, Adel Yousif
KEYWORDS:
Resting Energy Expenditure; Indirect Calorimetry; Body Composition; Young Arab Women
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.4 No.4,
April
15,
2013
ABSTRACT:
Objectives: To assess correlates of body compositions measures and resting energy expenditure (REE) in young Arab females, and to compare measured REE values with values calculated from REE predictive equations. Methods: Seventy nine healthy women, aged 18 - 30 years, were recruited for the study. All volunteers fasted for 8 hours, abstained from vigorous physical activity, smoking and caffeinated beverages for twelve hours before measuring body composition and REE. Resting energy expenditure was measured by indirect calorimetry and body composition was measured by a bioelectrical impedance analysis. Results: Measured-REE was significantly correlated with body fat mass, fat free mass, skeletal muscle mass, and soft lean mass (R2 ranges 0.498 - 0.592; p p ?101.9 kcal, p p > 0.05). Mean measured REE varied significantly with BMI (p Conclusion: All body composition measures were significantly correlated with REE measured. Mifflin-St. Jeor equation showed the closest estimate to the measured REE in predicting REE of participants who had a normal weight or were overweight. Harris-Benedict equation significantly overestimated REE and Owen significantly underestimated REE.