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Energy expenditure and socioeconomic status in Guatemala as measured by the doubly labelled water method
T P Stein1, F E Johnston, L Greiner
1Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Camden 08103.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
|February 1, 1988
Abstract:
The energy expenditure of lower (group 1) and upper socioeconomic group females (group 2) from a marginal community in Guatemala City was determined by using the doubly labelled water method. Energy expenditure values were 1925 +/- 66 (mean, SEM) kcal/d (group 1) and 2253 +/- 145 kcal/d group 2 (p less than 0.03). About half of this difference can be attributed to size.