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. 2014 Feb 13;3:e3. doi: 10.1017/jns.2013.38

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.