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. 2010 Aug 2;107(32):14048–14052. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1001031107

Table 1.

Orangutan DEE, body fat percentage, and RMR

Name Sex Age, y Mass, kg DEE RMR§ kCal/d Body fat, %
kCal/d Expected, %
Azy* M 30 116.6 2,052 22% 1,597 21.8%
Knobi F 27 55.0 1,628 32% 1,316 13.2%
Katy F 19 53.2 1,570 32% 1,035 15.8%
Rocky M 4 25.5 1,255 45% 1,031 5.5%

*August DEE, 1,965; October DEE, 2,140

August DEE, 1,292; October DEE, 1,963

Percent expected calculated using the trend line for eutherian mammals; see Fig. 1.

§RMR measurements were taken while subjects were seated and awake, and likely overestimate true BMR by approximately 20%.