Fig. 1: One-month Infant Resting Energy Expenditure relative to maternal exercise or BMI.
From: Maternal exercise increases infant resting energy expenditure: preliminary results
Infants exposed to exercise in utero display higher rates of oxygen consumption (A), carbon dioxide expiration (B), and REE (C) normalized to body weight. This was seemingly void of any infant sex differences. Maternal BMI associations with infant respiratory measurements were only observed in the control group as seen with best fit regression line (D–F); however, this association is not present in the exercise group (black dots, regression line not shown). REE resting energy expenditure, VO2/VCO2 volume of oxygen and carbon dioxide, BMI body mass index. Data expressed as mean ± SD. T-test, Pearson correlation.
