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The most conspicuous feature of this table is the low value of the 

 correlations for the women as compared with the men. Expressing 

 these results in terms of regression we have the straight-line equations 

 in table 27. The second constant in these equations shows that in 



TABLE 26. Comparison of correlations of oxygen consumption and of carbon-dioxide excretion 



unth stature. 



TABLE 27. Equations showing variation of gaseous exchange with stature. 



women oxygen consumption increases from about 0.75 to 1.50 c.c. for 

 each centimeter of stature, whereas in men the values are 2 to 3 c.c. 

 for each centimeter of stature. Comparable but somewhat lower 

 values are found for COa excretion. 



Diagram 10 shows the mean oxygen consumption of men and 



