Low resting energy expenditure in postmenopausal Japanese women with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

OBJECTIVE: Resting energy expenditure (REE) is an important tool in nutrition management, especially in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The predicted REE (pREE) was reported to be inaccurate, compared with measured REE (mREE) in Japanese T2DM patients. Despite the accuracy of REE, measured via indirect calorimetry (mREE), the technique is demanding. This study evaluated the associated clinical factors of the difference between pREE and mREE in Japanese patients with T2DM.
METHODS: Forty-nine Japanese patients with T2DM but no severe complications (32 men and 17 women) were enrolled. mREE was determined via indirect calorimetry.
RESULTS: Participants average age was 56.3 ± 11.0 years, body mass index was 25.2 ± 3.6 kg/m2, and HbA1c was 9.6 ± 1.6%. The mean mREE was 1099 ± 212 kcal/day. Age, body mass index, hemoglobin, and uric acid levels were all associated with mREE by simple regression; of these, body weight was the significant factor in the multiple regression analysis. When the patients were divided into tertiles, the average mREE values were lower than the pREE values for each group. The difference between mREE and pREE was largest in the lowest value group, whose subjects were mostly women aged over 50 years. This group of women showed significantly lower mREE (904 ± 121 kcal) in comparison with men in the same age group, with 26% overestimation of pREE, even when the equation that yielded the closest mREE value was used.
CONCLUSION: The previously reported pREE overestimates mREE in Japanese patients with T2DM, especially in postmenopausal women. © The Japan Diabetes Society 2019.