Marina de Figueiredo Ferreira
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Filipe Detrano
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Gabriela Morgado de Oliveira Coelho
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Maria Elisa Barros
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Regina Serrão Lanzillotti
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Objective.The aim of this study was to determine which of the seven selected equations used to predict basal metabolic rate most accurately estimated the measured basal metabolic rate.Methods.Twenty-eight adult women with type 2 diabetes mellitus participated in this cross-sectional study. Anthropometric and biochemical variables were measured as well as body composition (by absorptiometry dual X-ray emission) and basal metabolic rate (by indirect calorimetry); basal metabolic rate was also estimated by prediction equations.Results.There was a significant difference between the measured and the estimated basal metabolic rate determined by the FAO/WHO/UNU(Pvalue<0.021)and Huang et al.(Pvalue≤0.005)equations.Conclusion.The calculations using Owen et al’s. equation were the closest to the measured basal metabolic rate.