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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Clin Pract. 2012 Jun 5;27(5):677–688. doi: 10.1177/0884533612446195

Table 5.

REE Using Different Devices and Locations

Mean Difference (95% CI) Absolute Differences Underpredicted (% Difference) Absolulte Differences Overpredicted (% Difference)
HHRC in hospital room—HHRC in CRU −72.4 (−185.3 to 40.5) −132.5 ± 39.6 (n = 12) (−11.1 ± 3.7) 261.5 ± 63.1 (n = 13) (16.3 ± 4.1)
HHRC in hospital room—metabolic cart −100.5 (−226.9 to 25.9) −145.0 ± 38.8 (n = 11) (−11.0 ± 3.3) 293.4 ± 70.4 (n = 14) (17.6 ± 4.3)
HHRC in CRU—metabolic cart −28.1 (−149.9 to 93.8) −266.9 ± 47.1 (n = 10) (−19.1 ± 3.5) 224.7 ± 45.8 (n = 15) (13.5 ± 2.7)
HHRC in hospital room—Harris-Benedict −258.4*** (−383.7 to −133.2) −387.7 ± 46.6 (n = 19) (−31.0 ± 4.9) 151.0 ± 68.8 (n = 6) (8.2 ± 3.1)
HHRC in CRU—Harris-Benedict −186.0* (−324.1 to −48.0) −346.2 ± 51.4 (n = 18) (−25.6 ± 4.4) 225.8 ± 73.6 (n = 7) (11.4 ± 3.4)
Metabolic cart—Harris-Benedict −158.0** (−261.6 to −54.3) −312.1 ± 40.0 (n = 16) (−18.6 ± 2.5) 116.2 ± 31.4 (n = 9) (6.8 ± 1.8)
HHRC in hospital room—Mifflin −191.3** (−309.5 to −73.1) −333.3 ± 42.5 (n = 18) (−27.5 ± 4.8) 173.9 ± 52.8 (n = 7) (9.9 ± 2.2)
HHRC in CRU—Mifflin −118.9 (−248.1 to 10.4) −315.9 ± 40.2 (n = 16) (−23.9 ± 4.0) 231.3 ± 57.8 (n = 9) (12.4 ± 2.5)
Metabolic cart—Mifflin −90.8 (−196.6 to 15.0) −285.1 ± 35.9 (n = 14) (−21.1 ± 3.4) 156.5 ± 35.8 (n = 11) (9.3 ± 21.0)

Values presented as mean ± SEM. CRU, clinical research unit; HHRC, handheld respiratory calorimeter device; REE, resting energy expenditure in kcal/d.

*

P < .05.

**

P < .01.

***

P < .001.

P values correspond to paired t tests.