Table 3 Description of male participants and mean (SD) REE and SCV temperature in Phase 2.

From: Optimizing the methodology for measuring supraclavicular skin temperature using infrared thermography; implications for measuring brown adipose tissue activity in humans

Variable

Participants with 100 kcal/d increase in REE

Participants without 100 kcal/d increase in REE

All participants

 

n

Mean ± SD

n

Mean ± SD

n

Mean ± SD

Age (years)

7

21.1 ± 2.8

7

20.7 ± 2.1

14

20.9 ± 2.4

BMI (kg/m2)

7

22.8 ± 2.8

7

24.4 ± 3.5

14

23.6 ± 3.2

Outdoor temperature in (°C)

-indirect calorimetry trial

6

8.1 ± 8.8

7

6.9 ± 4.1

13

7.5 ± 6.4

−32 °C-cold trial 1

7

8.9 ± 9.5

7

10.5 ± 8.0

14

9.7 ± 8.5

−32 °C-cold trial 2

7

6.5 ± 6.1

7

6.0 ± 3.7

14

6.3 ± 4.8

−32 °C-cold trial 3

7

7.6 ± 7.1

7

8.0 ± 8.0

14

7.9 ± 7.3

-room temp-room temp trial

7

5.4 ± 10.3

7

4.5 ± 5.8

14

4.4 ± 7.9

Baseline REE (kcal/d)

6

1558.8 ± 179.1

7

1654.3 ± 139.7

13

1610.2 ± 159.9

Cold induced REE (kcal/d)

6

1782.9 ± 170.3

7

1618.3 ± 153.8

13

1694.2 ± 176.7

Change in cold induced REE (kcal/d)

6

224.1 ± 110.8

7

-36.1 ± 80.9

13

84 ± 163.1

Delta SCV temperature (°C)

- trial 1

7

0.34 ± 0.20

7

0.18 ± 0.20

14

0.26 ± 0.21

- trial 2

7

0.31 ± 0.15

7

0.29 ± 0.24

14

0.30 ± 0.19

- trial 3

7

0.26 ± 0.17

7

0.23 ± 0.17

14

0.24 ± 0.16

  1. Note: Participants were of Caucasian, Asian and African origin.
  2. Indirect calorimetry had already been performed in Phase 1 in 1 participant.