Table 4. Resting energy expenditure prediction equations given in their original unit (kcal/day, except Schofield (MJ/day)).

Name	Equation
Cunningham	22(FFM) +500
De Lorenzo	9(wt) +1170(ht) –857
FAO
Male (18–30 y)	15.3(wt) +679
Male (30–60 y)	11.6(wt) +879
Male (>60 y)	13.5(wt) +487
Female (18–30 y)	14.7(wt) +496
Female (30–60 y)	8.7(wt) +829
Female (>60 y)	10.5(wt) +596
FAO (height)
Male (18–30 y)	15.4(wt) –27(ht) +717
Male (30–60 y)	11.3(wt) –16(ht) +901
Male (>60 y)	8.8(wt) + 1128(ht) –1071
Female (18–30 y)	13.3(wt) +334(ht) +35
Female (30–60 y)	8.7(wt) –25(ht) +865
Female (>60 y)	9.2(wt) + 637(ht) –302
Harris-Benedict 1919
Male	13.75(wt) +500.33(ht) –6.76(age) +66.47
Female	9.56(wt) +184.96(ht) –4.68(age) +655.10
Harris-Benedict 1984
Male	13.40(wt) +479.9(ht) –5.68(age) +88.36
Female	9.25(wt) +309.8(ht) –4.33(age) +477.59
Mifflin	9.99(wt) +625(ht) –4.92(age) +166(gender) –161
Mifflin (FFM)	19.7(FFM) +413
Owen
Male	10.2(wt) +879
Female	7.18(wt) +795
Owen (FFM)
Male	22.3(FFM) +290
Female	19.7(FFM) +334
Schofield
Male (18–30 y)	63(wt) +2896*
Male (30–60 y)	48(wt) +3653*
Male (>60 y)	49(wt) +2459*
Female (18–30 y)	62(wt) +2036*
Female (30–60 y)	34(wt) +3538*
Female (>60 y)	38(wt) +2755*
Schofield (height)
Male (18–30 y)	63(wt) –42(ht) +2953*
Male (30–60 y)	48(wt) –11(ht) +3670*
Male (>60 y)	49(wt) +4068(ht) –3491*
Female (18–30 y)	62(wt) +1148(ht) +411*
Female (30–60 y)	34(wt) +6(ht) +3530*
Female (>60 y)	38(wt) +1917(ht) +74*

FFM: Fat free mass (kg); wt: weight (kg); ht: height (m); age (y); gender (0: female, 1: male).

* Equation for values in MJ/day.