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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Health Aging. 2013 Jan;17(1):39–44. doi: 10.1007/s12603-012-0387-3

Figure 2. Examination of potential error in estimating energy needs using 25 kcal/kg formula.

Figure 2

In this plot, the solid line represents the 25 kcal/kg formula. The large-dashed line just below the solid line represents the best fit formula for males, 22.7 kcal/kg (95% CI: 20.5, 25.0). The small-dashed line represents the best fit formula for females, 20.6 kcal/kg (95% CI: 19.1, 22.0). Separating males and females allowed detection of bias in the 25 kcal/kg formula, as the 95% CI includes the value 25 for males but not females.