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Resting metabolic rate in a sample of girls in Malaysia and England
Author(s) -
Henry C. Jeya K.,
WebsterGandy Joan D.,
Koon Poh B.,
Ismail Mohd N.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of human biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1520-6300
pISSN - 1042-0533
DOI - 10.1002/ajhb.20450
Subject(s) - kuala lumpur , hum , demography , basal metabolic rate , ethnic group , fat free mass , ethnic composition , significant difference , medicine , fat mass , body mass index , endocrinology , history , sociology , population , marketing , performance art , anthropology , business , art history
This cross‐sectional study of age matched (10–11 years), premenarcheal girls in England and Malaysia investigated the effect of ethnicity on resting metabolic rate (RMR). The children were recruited from schools in Oxford, England, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and all measurements were conducted in the schools. The Malaysian girls were shorter (143.7 ± 6.5 cm and 140.1 ± 5.3 cm (mean ± SD) for the English and Malaysian girls respectively) and lighter (32.5 ± 5.3 kg compared with 38.0 ± 8.7 kg for the English girls) with a smaller fat mass and fat free mass (FFM) than the English girls. Energy expenditure was lower in the Malaysian girls (4555 ± 531 kJ/day compared with 5178 ± 688 kJ/day for the English girls). Although a difference in RMR was observed between the two groups, when corrected for body composition the difference was no longer significant. No effect of ethnicity on the relationship of FFM and RMR was shown when the data were analyzed using analysis of covariance. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 17:818–820, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.