PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Almajwal, Ali M.
AU  - Williams, Peter G.
AU  - Batterham, Marijka J.
TI  - Validity of the BodyGem calorimeter and prediction equations for the assessment of resting energy expenditure in overweight and obese Saudi males.
DP  - 2011 Jul 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 718--724
VI  - 32
IP  - 7
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/32/7/718.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/32/7/718.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2011 Jul 01; 32
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To assess the accuracy of resting energy expenditure (REE) measurement in a sample of overweight and obese Saudi males, using the BodyGem device (BG) with whole room calorimetry (WRC) as a reference, and to evaluate the accuracy of predictive equations.METHODS: Thirty-eight subjects (mean ± SD, age 26.8± 3.7 years, body mass index 31.0± 4.8) were recruited during the period from 5 February 2007 to 28 March 2008. Resting energy expenditure was measured using a WRC and BG device, and also calculated using 7 prediction equations. Mean differences, bias, percent of bias (%bias), accurate estimation, underestimation and overestimation were calculated.RESULTS: Repeated measures with the BG were not significantly different (accurate prediction: 81.6%; %bias 1.1± 6.3, p>0.24) with limits of agreement ranging from +242 to -200 kcal. Resting energy expenditure measured by BG was significantly less than WRC values (accurate prediction: 47.4%; %bias: 11.0± 14.6, p = 0.0001) with unacceptably wide limits of agreement. Harris-Benedict, Schofield and World Health Organization equations were the most accurate, estimating REE within 10% of measured REE, but none seem appropriate to predict the REE of individuals.CONCLUSIONS: There was a poor agreement between the REE measured by WRC compared to BG or predictive equations. The BG assessed REE accurately in 47.4% of the subjects on an individual level.