TABLE 3.
Equations developed among athletes to estimate REE.
| Study | sex | sample | Equation REE |
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| Cocate et al. [20] | male | cycling | REE = -12888.2 + 485.846 × FFM – 3.7846 × FFM2–24.0092 × age |
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| De Lorenzo et al. [9] | male | water polo, judo, karate | REE = -857 + 9.0 × body mass + (11.7 × stature |
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| Freire et al. [22] | male and female | high level athletes | REE = 729.50 + 175.64 × sex – 7.23 × age + 15.87 × body mass + 1.08 × stature REE = -2688.12 + 521.08 × sex + 42.86 × age + 18.98 × body mass + 16.76 × stature + 85.47 × mesomorphy + 140.54 × endomorphy – 8.24 × body mass × sex + 1.53 × body mass × endomorphy – 0.65 × body mass × age |
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| Frings-Meuthen et al. [23] | male and female | master athletic athletes | REE = -222.088 + 18.577 × FFM + 6.753 × FM + 23.910 × temperature + 78.479 × sex |
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| Hannon et al. [36] | male | youth soccer | REE = 1315 + 11.1 × FFM REE = 1254 + 9.5 × body mass |
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| Jagim et al. [25] | male and female | National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) collegiate athletes | REE = 19.46 × body mass + 775.33 (males) REE = 21.10 × body mass + 288.6 (females) |
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| Joseph et al. [26] | male | weightlifting | REE = -164.065 + 0.039 × LBM |
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| Kim et al. [37] | male and female | youth soccer | REE = 502.7 + (8.6 × body mass) + (9.7 × VO2max) REE = 730.4 + 15 × FFM |
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| Marra et al. [11] | male | elite athletes | REE = 17.2 × body mass – 5.95 × age + 748 REE = 16.3 × body mass + 95.4 × phase angle – 93 |
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| MacKenzie-Shalders et al. [27] | male | rugby | REE = 29.71 × LBM – 24.56 (beginning of pre-season) REE = 26.75 × LBM + 145.44 (prior to competition) |
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| Midorikawa et al. [28] | male | sumo wrestlers | REE* = (13 × skeletal muscle mass) + (4.5 × adipose tissue mass) + (240 × brain mass) + (200 × liver mass) + (440 × kidney mass) + (440 × heart mass) + (12 × residual mass) |
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| O’Neil et al. [43] | female | rugby | REE = 649.6 + 18.91 × FFM REE = 150.1–6.858 × age – 2.946 × stature + 11.21 × body mass |
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| Reale et al. [40] | male and female | different sports | REE = body mass × 11.1 + stature × 8.4–339.7 (males) REE = FFM × 14.5 + FM + 8.6 + stature × 5.7–35.9 (males) REE = body mass × 11.1 + stature × 8.4–537.1 (females) REE = FFM × 14.5 + FM + 8.6 + stature × 5.7–203.9 (females) |
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| Taguchi et al. [44] | female | collegiate athletes | REE = 17.8 × body mass + 243 REE = 26.9 × FFM + 36 REE* = (2.3 × body mass) + (4.5 × adipose tissue) + (13 × skeletal muscle) + (54 × residual mass) |
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| ten Haaf and Weijs [10] | male and female | different sports | REE = 11.936 × body mass + 587.7 x stature – 8.129 × age + 191.027 × sex + 29.279 REE = 22.771 × FFM + 484.264 |
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| Tinsley et al. [31] | male and female | muscular physique | REE = 25.9 × FFM + 284 REE = 24.8 × body mass + 10 |
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| Watson et al. [45] | female | National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) collegiate athletes | REE = 88.1 + 2.53 × stature + 8.42 × body mass + 19.46 × age REE = 120.81 + 4.88 × stature + 8.24 × FFM + 5.71 × age |
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| Wong et al. [34] | male and female | elite athletes | REE = 669 + 13 × body mass + 192 × sex |
REE (resting energy expenditure); FFM (fat-free mass); VO2max (maximal oxygen uptake); LBM (lean body mass); FM (fat mass).
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These equations were developed by other authors.