A retrospective study of resting energy expenditure in children hospitalized with different nutritional status.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Resting energy expenditure (REE) refers to the energy consumption of the body in a resting state without skeletal muscle activity. This study aimed to examine the REE among children hospitalized with varying nutritional status.

Methods

This was a retrospective study. We enrolled 109 pediatric cases that underwent indirect calorimetry (IC) and divided into four groups: mild malnutrition group (15 cases), moderate malnutrition group (30 cases), severe malnutrition group (32 cases), and obesity group (32 cases). We compared and analyzed the measured REE (mREE) using IC with the predicted REE (pREE) using five energy equations. The paired t-test was used to compare the results of two samples. Pearson analysis was used to assess the correlation between two values. The

SUBMITTER: Yang WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11384440 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature