PMID: 11933912Apr 6, 2002Paper

Are the general equations to predict BMR applicable to patients with anorexia nervosa?

Eating and Weight Disorders : EWD
M MarraL Scalfi

Abstract

To determine whether the general equations to predict basal metabolic rate (BMR) can be reliably applied to female anorectics. Two hundred and thirty-seven female patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) were divided into an adolescent group [n=43, 13-17 yrs, 39.3+/-5.0 kg, body mass index (BMI) (weight/height) 15.5+/-1.8 kg/m2] and a young-adult group (n=194, 18-40 yrs, 40.5+/-6.1 kg, BMI 15.6+/-1.9 kg/m2). BMR values determined by indirect calorimetry were compared with those predicted according to either the WHO/FAO/UNU or the Harris-Benedict general equations, or using the Schebendach correction formula (proposed for adjusting the Harris-Benedict estimates in anorectics). Measured BMR was 3,658+/-665 kJ/day in the adolescent and 3,907+/-760 kJ/day in the young-adult patients. In the adolescent group, the differences between predicted and measured values were (mean+/-SD) 1,466 529 kJ/day (+44+/-21%) for WHO/FAO/UNU, 1,587+/-552 kJ/day (+47+/-23%) for the Harris-Benedict and -20+/-510 kJ/day for the Schebendach (+1+/-13%), while in the young-adult group the corresponding values were 696+/-570 kJ/day (+24+/-24%), 1,252+/-644 kJ/day (+37+/-27%) and -430+/-640 kJ/day (-9+/-16%). The bias was negatively associated with weight and BMI ...Continue Reading

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