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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Mar;23(3):591–601. doi: 10.1002/oby.20994

Table 3.

Energy expenditure, heart rate and physical activity during 24-h calorimetry of the RYGB (n=11) and control (n=5) groups

Baseline Post-baseline Time effect
within group
Post-hoc
test1
1.5 mo 6 mo 12 mo

TEE (kcal/d) (p-value)
  RYGB 3189 ± 358* 2421 ± 243 2363 ± 256 2323 ± 294 0.001 ab, ac, ad
  Control 3110 ± 512 2859 ± 374 2927 ± 421 2887 ± 575 0.072
PAL
  RYGB 1.39 ± 0.07 1.30 ± 0.12 1.32 ± 0.08 1.24 ± 0.12 0.001 ab, ad, cd
  Control 1.36 ± 0.07 1.29 ± 0.07 1.27 ± 0.11 1.27 ± 0.07 0.212
AEE (kcal/d)
  RYGB 535 ± 111 306 ± 115 309 ± 130 257 ± 118 0.001 ab, ac, ad
  Control 495 ± 183 332 ± 133 304 ± 221 303 ± 132 0.160
HR (bpm)
  RYGB 85.8 ± 6.1 71.6 ± 9.5 72.6 ± 3.6 70.5 ± 7.6 0.002 ab, ac, ad
  Control 84.0 ± 11.6 79.3 ± 12.7 80.1 ± 9.4 77.5 ± 13.1 0.484
Actiheart (counts/d)
  RYGB 24202 ± 4082 20619 ± 8099 22716 ± 7356 19839 ± 5419 0.326 NS
  Control 29088 ± 8200 27650 ± 5211 27187 ± 13405 22836 ± 13178 0.977
BMR (kcal/d)
  RYGB 2335 ± 374 1909 ± 333 1818 ± 189 1877 ± 305 0.001 ab, ac, ad
  Control 2304 ± 319 2241 ± 329 2331 ± 321 2296 ± 450 0.150
BMR HR (bpm)
  RYGB 76.6 ± 7.7 64.4 ± 10.3 62.5 ± 5.0 64.9 ± 6.7 0.001 ab, ac, ad
  Control 73.9 ± 8.1 75.6 ± 8.5 72.3 ± 10.5 71.7 ± 13.0 0.874
Sleep EE (kcal/min)
  RYGB 1.57 ± 0.21 1.19 ± 0.18 1.17 ± 0.13 1.20 ± 0.16 <0.0001 ab, ac, ad
  Control 1.52 ± 0.22 1.41 ± 0.20 1.51 ± 0.17 1.49 ± 0.24 0.085
Sleep HR (bpm)
  RYGB 75.7 ± 7.3 62.0 ± 10.2 61.0 ± 4.6 63.8 ± 7.0 0.002 ab, ac
  Control 72.2 ± 10.8 71.0 ± 13.4 72.5 ± 9.6 69.8 ± 12.6 0.816
Walking EE at 2.5 mph (kcal/min)
  RYGB 9.2 ± 2.2 6.6 ± 0.8 6.1 ± 1.8 5.7 ± 1.3 <0.0001 ab, ac, ad
  Control 8.7 ± 1.1 8.2 ± 1.0 7.7 ± 1.2 9.0 ± 2.0 0.597
Walking HR at 2.5 mph (bpm)
  RYGB 143 ± 14.0 128 ± 12.3 121 ± 9.7 112 ± 11.1 0.003 ab, ac, ad
  Control 146 ± 7.0 135 ± 14.3 124 ± 8.6 141 ± 7.7 0.019 ac
Energy economy of walking (kcal·kg−1·km−1)
  RYGB 0.013 ± 0.002 0.010 ± 0.001 0.010 ± 0.001 0.010 ± 0.001 0.001 ab, ad
  Control 0.013 ± 0.003 0.013 ± 0.002 0.012 ± 0.002 0.012 ± 0.002 0.847
*

Data are shown as mean ± SD. Models adjusted for age and sex; significant group X time interactions for all parameters (p=0.001–0.01)

1

Post-hoc estimation using Tukey-Kramer for multiple comparisons with p<0.05; letters refer to statistically significant differences between time points baseline (a),1.5 months (b), 6 months (c) and 12 months (d).

TEE, total energy expenditure; PAL, physical activity level; AEE, activity energy expenditure; HR, heart rate; BMR, basal metabolic rate.