Use of the ActivPAL Triaxial Accelerometer to Estimate Total Energy Expenditure in Low-income Women: Differences Between Body Mass Index Classifications

Overview

Journal Arch Endocrinol Metab

Specialty Endocrinology

Date 2023 May 30

PMID 37249451

Authors

Mateus de Lima Macena

Deborah Tenorio da Costa Paula

Andre Eduardo da Silva Junior

Dafiny Rodrigues Silva Praxedes

Karina Pfrimer

Eduardo Ferriolli

Telma Maria de Menezes Toledo Florencio

Nassib Bezerra Bueno

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Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to assess the agreement between the total energy expenditure (TEE) estimated by the activPAL triaxial accelerometers (ACC) and the TEE measured by the doubly labeled water method (DLW), as well as to assess if these values differ between the classifications of body mass index (BMI).

Materials And Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. Low-income adult women (19-45y) with BMI ≥ 18.5 kg/m2 were included. Accelerometry data (activPAL ) were collected over 7 consecutive days, which were used to calculate TEE-ACC and compared with DLW data. The Bland-Altman method, concordance correlation coefficient and root mean square error were used to assess agreement between methods.

Results: The sample consisted of 55 women with a mean age of 31 ± 5 years. The agreement between TEE-ACC and TEE-DLW showed a bias of -142.5 kcal (-7.1%). Among the BMI classifications, participants with normal weight show a bias of -417.1 kcal (-21.0%), participants with overweight, -87.5 kcal (-3.9%) and participants with obesity, 97.5 kcal (4.3%). Furthermore, the bias between the methods showed a significant and positive correlation with the body weight (r = 0.49; p < 0.01).

Conclusion: The TEE-ACC estimates from activPAL were reasonably accurate when compared to the TEE-DLW, especially in women with overweight and obesity, being much less accurate in individuals with normal weight.

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