Table 5.
Energy expenditure (Mean values with their standard errors)
| Premenopausal (n 26) | Postmenopausal (n 25) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | se | Mean | se | P | |
| RMR (kJ/d) | 6215 | 170 | 5722 | 131 | 0·029 |
| TEE (kJ/d) | 12695 | 660 | 10876 | 464 | 0·029 |
| Activity counts (per min) | 45 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 0·012 |
| MET (0–3 min) | 1245 | 26·9 | 1296 | 17·8 | 0·067 |
| MET (3–6 min) | 183 | 25·3 | 140 | 17·8 | 0·03 |
| MET (>6 min) | 11·8 | 3·0 | 4·94 | 1·27 | 0·12 |
| RQ | 0·79 | 0·01 | 0·77 | 0·01 | 0·434 |
| AEE (kJ/d) | 5221 | 506 | 4076 | 376 | 0·076 |
TEE, total energy expenditure; MET, metabolic equivalents of task; RQ, respiratory quotient; AEE, activity energy expenditure.