Accuracy and preference of measuring resting energy expenditure using a handheld calorimeter in healthy adults

Madden, A. M. and Parker, L. J. F. and Amirabdollahian, F. (2013) Accuracy and preference of measuring resting energy expenditure using a handheld calorimeter in healthy adults. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 26 (6). pp. 587-595. ISSN 09523871

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Background

Accurate estimates of energy expenditure are required in clinical nutrition in order to determine the requirements of individuals and to inform feeding regimes. Calorimetry can provide accurate measurements but is often impractical in clinical or community settings; prediction equations are widely used to estimate resting energy expenditure (REE) but have limited accuracy. A portable, self-calibrating, handheld calorimeter (HHC) may offer an alternative way of determining REE. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether estimates of REE derived using an HHC are closer to accurate measurements than values calculated using selected prediction equations.
Methods

REE was measured in 36 healthy adults aged 21–58 years using a flow-through indirect calorimeter (FIC) and HHC. Estimated REE was calculated using three predictive equations (Harris & Benedict; Schofield; Henry). Differences in REE between the ‘gold standard’ values derived using the FIC and those derived using the HHC and equations were examined using paired t-tests and Bland Altman plots.
Results

Mean REEHHC was significantly lower than mean REEFIC [4556 ± 1042 kJ (1089 ± 249 kcal) versus 6230 ± 895 kJ (1489 ± 214 kcal), P = 0.000] and also significantly lower than mean values calculated using all three equations. The mean difference between REEHHC and REEFIC [1674 ± 908 kJ (400 ± 217 kcal)] was significantly greater (P = 0.000) than the mean differences between the values calculated using the three prediction equations [272 ± 490 kJ (65 ± 117 kcal) (Harris-Benedict), 264 ± 510 kJ (63 ± 122 kcal) (Schofield), 84 ± 502 kJ (20 ± 120 kcal) (Henry)].
Conclusions

The HHC provides estimates of REE in healthy people that are less accurate than those calculated using the prediction equations and so does not provide a useful alternative.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Human and Digital Sciences > School of Health and Sport Sciences
Depositing User:	Farzad Amirabdollahian
Date Deposited:	25 May 2016 13:49
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2017 14:48
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/1283

Actions (login required)

View Item