title: [Resting metabolic rate and body composition in postmenopausal women].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study evaluated the relationship between resting metabolic rate (RMR) and body composition of postmenopausal women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty physically inactive women participated in the study, and their age average was 54,33 +/- 5,20 years old. Oxygen consumption was measured by indirect calorimetry after 12 hours of fasting and the values were calculated according to the equation of Weir. Body composition was obtained by the method of skinfolds and the measurement of waist circumference (WC) was used to assess abdominal fat. The linear correlation of Pearson was used to establish correlations between the variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found significant correlations of TMR with the CC (0.42) and the lean mass (LM) (r = 0.48).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The variables of body composition that can be involved in the determination of the RMR are LM and WC.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Fisiologia do Exercício (FISEX), Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FEF/Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil. valeriabonganha@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Valéria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bonganha
authors.forename: Miguel Soares
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Conceição
authors.forename: Claudinei Ferreira dos
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Mara Patrícia Traína
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Chacon-Mikahil
authors.forename: Vera Aparecida
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Madruga
mesh_terms: D050153:Abdominal Fat / Q000378:metabolism*; D001481:Basal Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000378:metabolism*; D055105:Waist Circumference / Q000502:physiology