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A BIOMETRIC STUDY OF BASAL METABOLISM IN MAN. 



relationship between stature and gaseous exchange has been dis- 

 cussed in section 6. 



The characteristic equations showing the change in gas volume 

 with a variation of 1 kilogram of body-weight are given in table 25 



TABLE 25. Straight-line regression equations showing relationship of gaseous exchange to 



body-weight 



250 



240 



230 



226 



2/0 



200 



190 



180 



ISO 



ISO 



50 



60 



75 



80 



90 



BODY WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS 



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DIAGRAM 8. Relationship between body-weight and oxygen consumption by women. 



and represented graphically in diagrams 8 and 9. The results show that 

 in the women the increase in oxygen consumption ranges from 0.95 

 to 1.49 c.c. for each kilogram of weight, whereas in the series of men 



