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Resting metabolic rate and body composition of achondroplastic dwarfs.

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Owen, OE; Smalley, KJ; D'Alessio, DA; Mozzoli, MA; Knerr, AN; Kendrick, ZV; Kavle, EC; Donohoe, M; Tappy, L; Boden, G
Published in: Medicine (Baltimore)
January 1990

Indirect calorimetry was used to measure resting metabolic rates (RMR), and densitometry and anthropometry were used to measure body fat and fat-free masses of 32 adults with very short stature. Twenty-seven of them were achondroplastic dwarfs. Their results were compared to those obtained from 103 lean and obese adults with normal heights. All 32 dwarfs had distinctly greater RMR per kg fat-free mass by densitometry than adults with average stature. However, there was a wide variation in the RMR among dwarfs, which was independent of leanness or obesity. In spite of increased RMR, obesity among dysplastic adult dwarfs was twice as prevalent as among average-height adults. Increased abdominal:hip ratios were prevalent among dwarfs, but these ratios do not reflect body fat. Body mass indices were worthless, and skinfold thicknesses and other anthropometric measurements were of very limited value in predicting the body fat of dwarfs. Although our new and specific equations for estimating RMR and body composition give reasonable values, we recommend that the caloric requirements and body compositional variables be measured if nutritional therapy is needed to induce weight loss or gain in Little People.

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Medicine (Baltimore)

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0025-7974

Publication Date

January 1990

Volume

69

Issue

1

Start / End Page

56 / 67

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Skinfold Thickness
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Body Mass Index
  • Body Composition
  • Basal Metabolism
  • Anthropometry
  • Adult
 

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Owen, O. E., Smalley, K. J., D’Alessio, D. A., Mozzoli, M. A., Knerr, A. N., Kendrick, Z. V., … Boden, G. (1990). Resting metabolic rate and body composition of achondroplastic dwarfs. Medicine (Baltimore), 69(1), 56–67. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005792-199001000-00005
Owen, O. E., K. J. Smalley, D. A. D’Alessio, M. A. Mozzoli, A. N. Knerr, Z. V. Kendrick, E. C. Kavle, M. Donohoe, L. Tappy, and G. Boden. “Resting metabolic rate and body composition of achondroplastic dwarfs.Medicine (Baltimore) 69, no. 1 (January 1990): 56–67. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005792-199001000-00005.
Owen OE, Smalley KJ, D’Alessio DA, Mozzoli MA, Knerr AN, Kendrick ZV, et al. Resting metabolic rate and body composition of achondroplastic dwarfs. Medicine (Baltimore). 1990 Jan;69(1):56–67.
Owen, O. E., et al. “Resting metabolic rate and body composition of achondroplastic dwarfs.Medicine (Baltimore), vol. 69, no. 1, Jan. 1990, pp. 56–67. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00005792-199001000-00005.
Owen OE, Smalley KJ, D’Alessio DA, Mozzoli MA, Knerr AN, Kendrick ZV, Kavle EC, Donohoe M, Tappy L, Boden G. Resting metabolic rate and body composition of achondroplastic dwarfs. Medicine (Baltimore). 1990 Jan;69(1):56–67.

Published In

Medicine (Baltimore)

DOI

ISSN

0025-7974

Publication Date

January 1990

Volume

69

Issue

1

Start / End Page

56 / 67

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Skinfold Thickness
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Body Mass Index
  • Body Composition
  • Basal Metabolism
  • Anthropometry
  • Adult