96 A BIOMETRIC STUDY OF BASAL METABOLISM IN MAN. 



For the various adult series the correlations between stature and 

 total heat appear in table 32. 



The constants for adults are positive throughout, indicating greater 

 total heat-production by taller individuals. 



no 



ISO 



ISO 



140 



130 



120 



110 



-- =MALE INFANTS 

 oo- FEMALE INFANTS 



4 

 463 



43.0 



49J 



S/.O 



S4.0 



STATURE IN CENTIMETERS 



DIAGRAM 14. Mean total daily heat-production of infants classified according to stature. 



In the men the correlations are of the order r = 0.60. Because of 

 the smallness of the groups of individuals and possibly also for 

 biological reasons the constants for the subseries fluctuate between 



TABLE 32. Comparison of correlation between stature and total heat-production with 

 the correlation between weight and total heat-production. 



r = 0.43 for the 62 non-athletic and non-vegetarian individuals of the 

 original series, and r=0.79 for the 16 athletes. For the larger series, 

 the values are in very good agreement indeed, considering them in 

 comparison with their probable errors. 



