Table 3 Validity of the resting energy expenditure.

From: Development and validation of new predictive equations for resting energy expenditure in physically active boys

 

REE (kcal/d)

T-test

Bias kcal/d

LLA kcal/d

ULA kcal/d

Bias (%)

r

p-value

R2

p-value (linear regression)

CCC

Prediction

Mean

SD

p-value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

(correlation)

Accurate %

Under %

Over %

REE derivation group

1844

328

            

100

  

 Equation (1)

1844

279

0.9345

0

172

− 337

337

0.8

9.0

0.84

 < 0.0001

0.73

 < 0.0001

0.84

73.4

10.9

15.7

 Equation (2)

1844

167

0.9992

0

167

− 327

327

0.8

9.1

0.86

 < 0.0001

0.74

 < 0.0001

0.85

76.0

10.4

13.7

REE validation group

1760

357

            

100

  

 Equation (1)

1811

256

0.0022*

51

199

− 441

339

4.7

12.5

0.84

 < 0.0001

0.70

 < 0.0001

0.78

61.2

8.8

29.9

 Equation (2)

1799

266

0.0154**

39

193

− 417

339

3.9

12.1

0.85

 < 0.0001

0.72

 < 0.0001

0.81

66.2

8.8

25.0

  1. REE measured resting metabolic rate by IC, SD standard deviation, Bias difference between the predicted value and the measured REE, LLA lower limit of agreement, ULA upper limit of agreement, bias% bias in %, CCC concordance correlation coefficient, Accurate % percentage of subjects in which the error of the predictive equation was within 10% of the measured value, Under % percentage of subjects underestimated by the predictive equation with an error > 10% of the measured value, Over % percentage of subjects overestimated by the predictive equation with an error > 10% of the measured value.
  2. *Cohen's d = 0.26.
  3. **Cohen's d = 0.20.