Table 3.

Predicted energy expenditure (H-B), resting energy expenditure (REE) and nutritional intakes in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients and in healthy controls.

		HEALTHY	CHF
			All CHF	NYHA
				II	III	IV
Weight		66.4 ± 8.6	78.5 ± 15.2	82.2 ± 21.3	82.11 ± 14.7	73.4 ± 2.8
H-B	Kcal/day	1351 ± 120	1568 ± 185 *	1561.5 ± 245 *	1534 ± 251 *	1677.7 ± 209 *
REE:
	Kcal/day	1384 ± 127.8	1584 ± 195	1637.7 ± 273	1532.1 ± 202	1890.7 ± 151
	REE/H-B (%)	102.4 ± 0.8	101 ± 5.7	104.9 ± 3.8	99.8 ± 3.3 **	113 ± 1.3 **
	Kcal/kg	20.2 ± 0.7	20.2 ± 3.7	20.0 ± 3.9	18.7 ± 4.9	25.9 ± 3.1 *
Nutritional Intakes:
	Energy:
	Kcal I/day	1797 ± 195	2220 ± 393.3	2361.6 ± 361	2167.4 ± 337	2132 ± 482
	Kcal I/kg	28.5 ± 1.1	28.1 ± 5.0	28.8 ± 4.4	26.4 ± 4.1	29.2 ± 4.6
	CHO:
	g/day	264.6 ± 31	271.8 ± 11.4	280.6 ± 17.8	275.9 ± 13.3	259.8 ± 3.1
	g/kg	4.2 ± 0.5	3.3 ± 0.9	3.4 ± 0.8	3.4 ± 0.9	3.6 ± 1.1
	Proteins:
	g/day	70 ± 12	92.9 ± 10.5	92.7 ± 13.1	92 ± 11.5	94.35 ± 7.1
	g/kg	1.1 ± 0.2	1.18 ± 0.2	1.1 ± 0.2	1.12 ± 0.14	1.31 ± 0.31
	Lipids:
	g/day	51 ± 12	84.0 ± 10.6	95.9 ± 5.3	77.1 ± 9.9	79.3 ± 16.6
	g/kg	0.8 ± 0.2	1.0 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.2 *	0.9 ± 0.1	1.1 ± 0.2
Adequacy of calorie Intakes
	Kcal I/TEE (%)	130 ± 1.2	140.1 ± 3.8 **	144.2 ± 5.2 **	141.4 ± 4.3 **	112.8 ± 4.1 ∞ **

H-B = Harris-Benedict equation; REE = Resting energy expenditure; TEE (Total energy expenditure) = REE × 1.3. Data are given as mean ± SD. Statistical analysis: ANOVA test and Fisher’s PLSD test. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05 vs. Healthy controls: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01 vs. II-III NYHA groups ∞ p < 0.01.