Skip to main content

Table 7 International comparison of total energy expenditure estimated by doubly labeled water method in girls

From: Determining total energy expenditure in 3–6-year-old Japanese pre-school children using the doubly labeled water method

Girls

     

Total energy expenditure

   

Age (years)

n

Weight

kcal day−1

kcal kg−1 per day

Country

Race

Reference

Mean or range

SD

Range

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

5.4

1.0

3.1 to 6.9

71

18.3

3.3

1572.5

492.7

86.2

23.6

JPN

Asian

This study

4.0

0.6

3.1 to 4.9

20

15.0

2.1

1265.2

408.0

84.9

26.6

JPN

Asian

This study

6.0

0.5

5.0 to 6.9

51

19.6

2.7

1693.1

473.3

86.7

22.6

JPN

Asian

This Study

2.5–3.4

  

16

14.9

1.1

1125

211

75.8

15.0

UK

 

[18]

3

  

18

14.8

 

1138

136

77.7

10.3

UK

 

[19]

3.5–4.4

  

11

17.1

1.9

1264

238

74.2

11.0

UK

 

[18]

3.7

0.4

3 to 6

34

16.6

3.7

1290

334

  

UK

 

[24]

4.2–6.9

  

23

20.7

4.1

1346

296

65.0

 

USA

 

[21]

4.6

0.9

3 to 5

49

17.1

2.5

1122.0

140.0

66.3

6.8

USA

*1

[22]

4.6

0.9

 

14

17.6

1.8

1370

128

78.4

7.8

Chile

 

[20]

5

1

4 to 6

14

21.0

4.7

1309.0

304.0

62.0

6.2

USA

Caucasian, *2

[23]

5

  

16

18.5

 

1477

247

79.6

10.5

UK

 

[19]

5.1

0.9

 

26

20.1

3.5

1254

272

62.4

 

US-Can

 

[27]

5.1

0.9

4 to 6

11

18.0

0.5 *a

1282

57 *a

  

JPN

Asian

[6]

5.4

0.8

 

17

19.8

3.2

1383

207

69.8

 

US-Can

 

[27]

5.4

0.6

 

8

18.5

1.4

1247

262

67.4

12.9

Guatema

 

[25]

5.5

0.1

 

18

20.3

4.3

1373.0

131.0

  

Sweden

 

[30]

5.5

0.9

 

11

21.5

5.3

1365

330

63.5

 

USA

 

[26]

5.5

0.4

 

13

18.9

2.5

1347

184

71.3

 

USA

 

[28]

5.7

 

4.5 to 7

31

19.6

 

1433.0

   

UK

 

[31]

6.4

1.0

4 to7

12

26.4

6.4

1536.0

363.0

   

White

[29]

6.6

0.9

 

11

24.8

6.7

1815

392

73.2

 

USA

 

[26]

  1. *1, White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Multiracial subj
  2. *2, the TEE/weight data (kcal/kg/day) was calculated by authors using the raw data described in previous studies
  3. *a, standard error of the mean (SEM)