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Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Sep;16(9):2148–2154. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.330

Table 3.

Energy Expenditure by Site – mean ± SD

	Nigeria (n = 149)	United States (n = 172)
Total EE (MJ.d⁻¹) ^**	9.49 ± 1.69	10.16 ± 1.81
Resting EE (MJ.d⁻¹) ^**	5.39 ± 0.67	5.82 ± 0.87
Activity EE (MJ.d⁻¹)	3.15 ± 1.31	3.32 ± 1.14
Adjusted TEE (MJ.d⁻¹) ^¶^**	9.90 ± 1.41	9.37 ± 1.18
Adjusted REE (MJ.d⁻¹) ^¶^**	5.74 ± 0.43	5.47 ± 0.52
Adjusted AEE (MJ.d⁻¹) ^¶	3.37 ± 1.30	3.17 ± 1.06
Physical Activity Level ^¶	1.77 ± 0.27	1.75 ± 0.20
Respiratory Quotient ^*	0.86 ± 0.01	0.84 ± 0.01

^*

Energy expenditure significantly different between Nigeria and the United States;

^*

p<0.05

^**

p<0.001

^¶

Total EE, resting EE and activity EE adjusted for FFM and FM; physical activity level calculated as TEE/REE

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