[Resting metabolic rate and body composition in postmenopausal women].
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.
Bonganha
Valéria
V
Laboratório de Fisiologia do Exercício (FISEX), Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FEF/Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil. valeriabonganha@hotmail.com
Conceição
Miguel Soares
MS
Santos
Claudinei Ferreira dos
CF
Chacon-Mikahil
Mara Patrícia Traína
MP
Madruga
Vera Aparecida
VA
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