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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Oct;58(Suppl 2):S329–S336. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02913.x

Table 2.

Parameter Estimates

Variable Parameter Estimate Standard Error p-value
Model 1: Essential Energy
 Age 0.039 0.009 0.000*
 Male Sex −0.145 0.277 0.601
 Height −0.023 0.014 0.098
 Ratio −1.537 0.519 0.003*
Model 2: Potential Energy
 Age −0.232 0.023 0.000*
 Male Sex 0.529 0.694 0.446
 Height 0.029 0.034 0.405
 Ratio −8.095 1.300 0.000*
Model 3: Available Energy
 Age −0.184 0.022 0.000*
 Male Sex 0.241 0.659 0.714
 Height 0.011 0.033 0.746
 Ratio −8.730 1.236 0.000*
*

p<0.05

+

Ratio = ratio of fat-to-lean mass