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The scaling of human basal and resting metabolic rates.

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PURPOSE:In tachymetabolic species, metabolic rate increases disproportionately with body mass, and that inter-specific relationship is typically modelled allometrically. However, intra-specific analyses are less common, particularly for healthy humans, so the possibility that human metabolism would also scale allometrically was investigated. METHODS:Basal metabolic rate was determined (respirometry) for 68 males (18-40 years; 56.0-117.1 kg), recruited across five body-mass classes. Data were collected during supine, normothermic rest from well-rested, well-hydrated and post-absorptive participants. Linear and allometric regressions were applied, and three scaling methods were assessed. Data from an historical database were also analysed (2.7-108.9 kg, 4811 males; 2.0-96.4 kg, 2364 females). RESULTS:Both linear and allometric functions satisfied the statistical requirements, but not the biological pre-requisite of an origin intercept. Mass-independent basal metabolic data beyond the experimental mass range were not achieved using linear regression, which yielded biologically impossible predictions as body mass approached zero. Conversely, allometric regression provided a biologically valid, powerful and statistically significant model: metabolic rate = 0.739 * body mass0.547 (P < 0.05). Allometric analysis of the historical male data yielded an equivalent, and similarly powerful model: metabolic rate = 0.873 * body mass0.497 (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION:It was established that basal and resting metabolic rates scale allometrically with body mass in humans from 10-117 kg, with an exponent of 0.50-0.55. It was also demonstrated that ratiometric scaling yielded invalid metabolic predictions, even within the relatively narrow experimental mass range. Those outcomes have significant physiological implications, with applications to exercising states, modelling, nutrition and metabolism-dependent pharmacological prescriptions.

journal_name

Eur J Appl Physiol

journal_title

European journal of applied physiology

authors

Bowes HM,Burdon CA,Taylor NAS

doi

10.1007/s00421-020-04515-1

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2021-01-01 00:00:00

pages

193-208

issue

eissn

1439-6319

issn

1439-6327

pii

10.1007/s00421-020-04515-1

journal_volume

121

pub_type

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The scaling of human basal and resting metabolic rates.