Table 2.

pREE, mREE, and RQ of UC patients and healthy controls

	UC patients	controls	p value
pREE (kcal/day)	1407.0 ± 154.1	1484.7 ± 233.0	0.347
mREE (kcal/day)	1412.5 ± 272.0	1402.7 ± 242.0	0.930
mREE/pREE (%)	100.2 ± 14.8	94.8 ± 10.2	0.328
pREE/body weight (kcal/kg/day)	26.5 ± 2.6	23.1 ± 2.4	0.003
mREE/body weight (kcal/kg/day)	26.4 ± 3.6	21.8 ± 1.7	0.001
RQ	0.92 ± 0.12	0.83 ± 0.07	0.049

pREE, predicted resting energy expenditure; mREE, resting energy expenditure measured by indirect calorimetry; RQ, respiratory quotient.