234 A BIOMETRIC STUDY OF BASAL METABOLISM IN MAN. 



tory after the tables for the present volume were closed. 11 For per- 

 mission to use the constants of these men in advance of their publi- 

 cation elsewhere we are indebted to our associates Dr. T. M. Carpenter, 

 Mr. L. E. Emmes, Miss M. F. Hendry, and Dr. P. Roth. In 13 cases 

 these subjects showed a basal metabolism of from 24 to 328 calories 

 less than would have been expected from their stature, weight, and 

 age, whereas in 18 cases they were characterized by a basal metab- 



TABLE 91. Comparison of metabolism of series of men recently investigated by Carpenter, 

 Emmes, Hendry, and Roth, with normal (multiple prediction) standard based on earlier 



series. 



* J. L. G., aged 20 years and 6 months is considered 21. 



olism from 6 to 237 calories higher than the theoretical value. Had 

 the sample been exactly typical of the standard control series the ratio 

 should have been 15.5 : 15.5 instead of 18 : 13. Thus there is a devia- 

 tion of only 13 15.5 =2.5 1.9 from the equality which should result 

 if prediction could be made without a bias toward too high or too low 

 values. 



11 These subjects will be included with such others as may become available in any subse- 

 quent revision of our prediction tables. 



