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Table 7 Limits of agreement between REEm and REEe

From: Comparison of five equations for estimating resting energy expenditure in Chinese young, normal weight healthy adults

The equations for REEe

Mean difference REEe-REEm (kcal/day)

Limits of agreement (mean difference ±1.96SD) (kcal/day)

Standard error for the limits of agreement (95% confidence interval for the bias) (kcal/day)

Lower limits

Upper limits

H-B

242.8

−283.4 to 768.9

160.2

325.4

H-B-sa

258.2

−252.3 to 768.8

178.1

338.4

WHO

194.9

−330.9 to 720.7

112.4

277.5

WHO-s

310.3

−248.6 to 869.3

222. 6

398.1

Liu’s

61.3

−436.4 to 559.1

−16.8

139.5

Liu’s-s

168.7

−373.1 to 710.5

83.6

253.8

Owen

8.6

−463.5 to 480.7

−65.5

82.7

Owen-s

64.2

−430.0 to 558.4

−13.4

141.8

Mifflin

111.3

−378.1 to 600.8

34.5

188.2

Mifflin-s

188.8

−333.0 to 710.6

106.9

270.7

  1. aEnd of the predictive equations’ name plus ‘-s’ means that REE was calculated by ideal body weight, otherwise by current body weight. H-B, Harris-Benedict; REEe, estimated resting energy expenditure; REEm, measured resting energy expenditure; WHO, World Health Organization.