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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 56, 623-629, Copyright © 1992 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Basal metabolic rate of Colombian children 2-16 y of age: ethnicity and nutritional status

GB Spurr, JC Reina and RG Hoffmann
Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.

Measurements of basal metabolic rate (BMR) were made in 528 children 2- 16 y of age living in underprivileged areas of the city of Cali, Colombia (153 control and 186 undernourished boys, 93 control and 96 undernourished girls). The data are related to BMR calculated from the equations of Schofield and to estimates of the lean body mass (LBM). The ethnic composition of the subjects was 80% mestizo (mixed European and South Amerindian ancestry), 15% black, and 5% white. The data do not show any variations due to race in these subjects. The Schofield equations overestimate the BMR of boys by approximately 6% whereas the estimation of BMR in girls is not significantly different from measured values. More than 65% of the variation in BMR of both nutritionally normal and undernourished boys and girls is explained by variation in body size as estimated by the LBM.


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