Abstract
To investigate the relationship between resting metabolic rate (RMR) and subsequent changes in body size and degree of fatness in a group of adult Caucasian Italians. Prospective, longitudinal, observational study. In total, 155 subjects (72 males and 83 females, age range: 18-55 y; BMI: 17.5-63.4 kg/m2) were evaluated. In total, 43 (26 m and 17 f; BMI: 28.9+/-1.1 kg/m2, mean+/-s.e.m.) of them were reassessed 10-12 y later. Anthropometric and body composition (bioimpedance analysis) parameters and RMR (indirect calorimetry) were taken at baseline and after 10-12 y. Subjects (15 m, 8 f) who gained body weight (arbitrarily defined as a change in body weight > or = 5 kg) had baseline BMI (29.9+/-1.8 vs 28.0+/-1.4; P = NS) and body composition in terms of fat mass (FM%) and fat-free mass (FFM kg) comparable to those of the subjects (11 m, 9 f) whose body weight remained stable. Baseline RMR was significantly lower in subjects who gained weight than in those who did not (108+/-2.1 vs 122+/-3.1 kJ/kg-FFM 24 h; P < 0.001), although it did not differ significantly between the two groups (119+/-2 vs 121+/-2 kJ/kg-FFM 24 h; P = NS) 10-12 y later. Baseline RMR was inversely correlated to both change in body weight (r = -0.57; P < 0.001) and FM (r = -0.50; P < 0.001). A low RMR normalized for FFM appears to be associated with body weight gain in the long run in adult Caucasian Italians.
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