Table 1.

Model parameters for multivariate analyses of total energy expenditure and total energy expenditure_ADJ.

A. Total Energy Expenditure	MODEL 1 df=326, adj. r2=0.52 ±SE 383.7, p<0.001			MODEL 2§ df=322, adj. r2=0.55 ±SE 368.2, p<0.001			MODEL 3 df=292, adj. r2=0.59 ±SE 349.1, p<0.001			MODEL 4 df=290, adj. r2=0.61 ±SE 341.8, p<0.001
Variable	β	± SE	p	β	± SE	p	β	± SE	p	β	± SE	p
(Intercept)	1227.6	622.0	*	347.7	628.7		−37.1	626.2		−166.2	614.4
FFM (kg)	46.4	4.7	****	42.2	5.3	****	41.5	5.3	****	40.5	5.2	****
Fat Mass (kg)	−5.0	2.5	*	−2.1	2.9		−0.9	2.9		0.4	2.9
Height (cm)	−6.2	3.7	*	1.3	3.9		1.4	3.8		1.9	3.8
Age (y)	2.7	3.6		1.8	3.5		0.1	3.6		−1.2	3.5
Sex (1=M, 0=F)	6.5	88.8		−14.4	95.2		60.2	95.5		39.9	94.0
Site: Ghana				-	-		-	-		-	-
Site: Jamaica				−374.0	73.6	****	−269.2	73.7	****	−273.1	73.3	****
Site: S Africa				−164.0	77.6	**	−122.5	76.4		−111.2	76.4
Site: Seychelles				−100.8	73.1		−39.7	78.6		−56.8	78.9
Site: US				−245.6	76.7	***	−181.1	80.7	**	−182.3	83.0	**
CPM/d							1.1	0.2	****	1.4	0.3	****
Manual Labor							117.2	47.1	**	114.2	46.2	**
Sedentary PA										1.7	0.6	***
Vigorous PA										−18.1	7.5	**

B. Total Energy Expenditure ADJ§	MODEL 5 df=330, adj. r2=0.07 ±SE 349.3, p<0.001			MODEL 6 df=301, adj. r2=0.07 ±SE 348.3, p<0.001			MODEL 7 df=300, adj. r2=0.09 ±SE 345.2, p<0.001			MODEL 8 df=298, adj. r2=0.13 ±SE 338.0, p<0.001
Variable	β	± SE	p	β	± SE	p	β	± SE	p	β	± SE	p
(Intercept)	2309.0	38.4	****	2277.0	45.1	****	2094.2	84.9	****	1930.1	94.3	****
CPM/d	0.9	0.2	****	0.8	0.2	****	1.0	0.2	****	1.4	0.2	****
Manual Labor				100.5	40.5	**	104.4	40.2	**	104.2	39.4	***
Body Fat %							4.5	0.03	**	5.2	1.7	***
Sedentary PA										1.7	0.6	***
Vigorous PA										−17.2	7.2	**

See methods for definitions of sedentary and vigorous physical activity (PA).

^§residuals from Model 2 used to calculated total energy expenditure_ADJ.

p values:

^****<0.001

^***0.001 – <0.01

^**0.01 – <0.05

^*0.05 – 0.10.

See also Figure S2, S3 and Tables S1, S3.