212 A BIOMETRIC STUDY OF BASAL METABOLISM IN MAN. 



In every group the observed total production of the women is 

 distinctly lower than it would be if the group were composed of men 

 of like body-weight. 



The graphic representation of these results for grouping by body- 

 weight in the lowermost figure, A, of diagram 30, shows the widest 

 divergence of the actual from predicted heat-productions found in any of 



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DIAGRAM 29. Comparison of metabolism of men and women. Women 

 classified according to body-surface. 



the four groupings, i.e., by age, stature, body-surface, and body-weight. 

 The discrepancy is particularly great in the case of the heavier women. 

 The largest divergence between the theoretical and the actual heat- 

 productions is found when the theoretical values for the women are 

 computed by assuming that the heat-production of a woman should 



