Table 2.

Pairwise correlation coefficients between total energy expenditure (TEE) and selected variables

		TEE	Fat-free mass	Weight	Height	BMI	Cig/day	PA	Alcohol
Fat-free mass	M	0.70***
	F	0.79***
Weight	M	0.59***	0.88***
	F	0.59***	0.73***
Height	M	0.31**	0.55***	0.44***
	F	0.19*	0.37***	0.15
BMI	M	0.55***	0.80***	0.96***	0.18
	F	0.54***	0.63***	0.97***	−0.10
Cig/day	M	0.14	0.02	0.01	0.07	−0.02
	F	0.12	0.19*	−0.09	0.06	−0.11
PA	M	0.09	0.02	0.01	0.05	−0.01	0.26
	F	0.21*	0.16	0.08	0.21*	0.04	0.21
Manual	M	0.17*	0.01	0.01	−0.08	0.03	0.13	0.11
	F	0.20**	0.19*	0.13	0.02	0.12	0.00	0.29***
Alcohol	M	−0.01	−0.15	−0.11	−0.19	−0.06	0.36	0.04	0.03
	F	0.06	−0.07	−0.15	−0.01	−0.15	0.20	0.16	−0.11

BMI: body weight index; PA: physical activity. Significance codes: 0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘ ’ 1.