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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: Endocr Res. 2010;35(3):95–105. doi: 10.3109/07435800.2010.496088

TABLE 3.

Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis Examining Predictors of Resting Metabolic Rate in Premenopausal Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Women

Dependent variable Step number Predicting variable Beta R2 p-Value
Overall
 RMR 1 TBM 0.47 0.10 <0.001
2 LBM 0.37 0.06 <0.001
Hispanic
 RMR 1 TBM 0.56 0.06 <0.001
2 LBM 0.28 0.04 0.004
Caucasian
 RMR 1 LBM 0.75 0.57 <0.001

Variables entered in the model: (1) dependent variable, resting metabolic rate (RMR); (2) predicting variables, leptin, total body mass (TBM), percent body fat (HW3-C), fat-free mass, and lean body mass (LBM).