PREDICTION OF THE BASAL METABOLISM OF YOUTH. 201 



TABLE 34. Comparison of the actual basal metabolism of girls with that predicted: (a) by the 

 curve for "Total calories referred to weight"; 1 and (6) by the curve for "Total calories 

 referred to surface" 2 Continued. 



1 See figure 27, p. 142, and table 36, p. 206. 



* See figure 39, p. 164. 



value of the curves for total calories referred to weight and total 

 calories referred to measured surface. The usual scatter of points 

 about these curves is such as to indicate a reasonable regularity and 

 suggest the possibilities of their use for prediction purposes. As we 

 have seen with boys, exact deductions from the curves themselves 

 with regard to the accuracy of prediction are difficult and only a 

 mathematical consideration of the individual differences between the 

 predicted and actual heat of individual subjects can give us a clear 

 conception as to their accuracy. Consequently, a table has been pre- 

 pared for girls (table 34) in which are given the values for heat as 



