Agreement between measured and calculated by predictive formulas resting energy expenditure in severe and morbid obese women Concordancia entre gasto energético y reposo medido y estimado por fórmulas predictivas en mujeres con obesidad severa y mórbida
Objective: To compare measured resting energy expenditure (REE) with that predicted by formulas derived from populations with normal weight or obesity and from women with severe and morbid obesity. Material and methods: 66 women (aged 35.6 ± 10.3 y and BMI of 44.7 ± 4.9 kg/m2) were evaluated by indirect calorimetry with a metabolic monitor Deltatrac (Datex Inst., Finland), before undergoing gastric bypass. REE was calculated with the following equations: Harris-Benedict's with both actual and adjusted weight, Ireton-Jones', Mifflin's, and Carrasco's Fast Estimation, which corresponds to 16.2 kcal x kg actual weight. Results: (mean ± sd). Measured REE was 1797 ± 239 kcal/day. All formulas, except Harris-Benedict's with adjusted weight, overestimated REE. The Ireton-Jones' equation presented the greater overestimation (689 ± 329 kcal/day), whereas Mifflin's equation overestimated REE only by 6 ± 202 kcal/day. No significant differences were detected between measured and calculated REE by
Agreement between measured and calculated by predictive formulas resting energy expenditure in severe and morbid obese women Concordancia entre gasto energético y reposo medido y estimado por fórmulas predictivas en mujeres con obesidad severa y mórbida