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. 2024 Mar 19;119(5):1111–1121. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.02.005

TABLE 6.

Cross-validation of total energy expenditure predictions from age, weight, height, physical activity, and resting metabolic rate

Model Prediction coefficients
Cross-validation predictions1
Regression2
PA
A
B x age
D x weight
E x height
F x RMR
R2
rc
Bias5
LOA3
Intercept
Slope
rs
(constant) (y) (kg) (cm) (kJ/d) kJ/d (%) kJ/d (%) (kJ/d)
Group
Sex
Prediction based on age, weight, and height
A Females .4 4834.5 −53.9 33.1 23.4 0.69 0.82 −75 (−2.3) −1944 to 1793 (−26.5 to 22.0) 1159 0.87 0.82
Males .4 4780.3 −58.4 51.9 21.6 0.77 0.86 −12 (−1.3) −1957 to 1934 (−23.2 to 20.6) 1522 0.85 0.88
B
Females .4 3934.7 −44.3 41.5 21.2 0.72 0.83 52 (−0.8) 1690 to 1795 (−23.9 to 22.3) 1562 0.80 0.82
Males
.4
6768.6
−74.2
48.9
19.2

0.74
0.85
29 (−1.0)
−2090 to 2148 (−23.8 to 21.8)
1078
0.89
0.86


Prediction based on age, weight, height, and RMR






A Females .4 −5541.6 −8.9 6.0 42.5 1.13 0.89 0.94 35 (0.5) −1100 to 1169 (−14.0 to 14.1) 318 0.95 0.93
Males .4 −5971.5 −15.3 8.9 44.3 1.12 0.89 0.94 −69 (−1.2) −1405 to 1267 (−14.8 to 12.4) 802 0.93 0.94
B Females .4 −5046.3 −7.5 14.4 40.1 0.96 0.88 0.93 4 (0.5) −1190 to 1182 (−15.6 to 14.6 495 0.94 0.92
Males .4 −5320.0 −19.2 5.4 44.0 1.14 0.89 0.94 74 (0.04) −1287 to 1436 (−12.6 to 13.0) 64 0.99 0.94

LOA, limit of agreement; PA, physical activity; RMR, resting metabolic rate.

1

TEE predicted in group A using coefficients generated in Group B and vice versa; R2= coefficient of determination.

2

Regression = measured TEE versus predicted; rc = Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient; rs = Spearman correlation coefficient

3

LOA = 1.96 SD limits of agreement.

4

PA values according to age group and sex (see text and Table 4).

5

Measured – predicted