Twenty-four hour metabolic rate measurements utilized as a reference to evaluate several prediction equations for calculating energy requirements in healthy infants

Table 4 Statistical analysis for prediction equations that are not in agreement with direct 24-hour metabolic measurements

Prediction	Value	Difference¹	P	Agreement²
Equation	(Mean ± SD)	(%)	(Paired T-test)	(Bland & Altman ± 2SD)
EMTACEE-LWT	86.6 ± 3.3	11.2 ± 12.7	<0.01	7.9 ± 19.2
EMTACRMR-LWT	73.3 ± 3.2	11.4 ± 9.3	<0.01	7.3 ± 11.2
WHO	53.6 ± 0.8	-18.6 ± 5.5	<0.01	-12.4 ± 8.2
SCH-WT	54.9 ± 0.8	-16.6 ± 5.1	<0.01	-11.1 ± 7.6
SCH-LWT	57.9 ± 5.6	-12.2 ± 9.0	<0.01	-8.1 ± 11.8
OXFORD-WT	56.2 ± 0.6	-14.7 ± 5.2	<0.01	-9.9 ± 7.6
OXFORD-LWT	58.1 ± 3.1	-11.9 ± 6.2	<0.01	-8.0 ± 8.6

¹ = ((calculated value from the corresponding prediction equation-reference metabolic parameter/reference metabolic parameter)*100)
² = Proximity to zero calculated as the difference between the reference metabolic parameter and the calculated value from the corresponding prediction equation (± 2 standard deviations) [13]

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