. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 90 A BIOMETRIC STUDY OF BASAL METABOLISM IN MAN. These results are larger than those for stature (length) and total heat, which are ^ smaller for males, ± smaller for females, and ^ smaller for male and female babies considered together. The change in actual heat-production in calories per 24 hours for a variation of a kilogram in body-weight is shown by the regression equations, which are: For males h = + w For females h = + w The results are in remarkably close agreement. In both male
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 90 A BIOMETRIC STUDY OF BASAL METABOLISM IN MAN. These results are larger than those for stature (length) and total heat, which are ^ smaller for males, ± smaller for females, and ^ smaller for male and female babies considered together. The change in actual heat-production in calories per 24 hours for a variation of a kilogram in body-weight is shown by the regression equations, which are: For males h = + w For females h = + w The results are in remarkably close agreement. In both male and female babies a difference of 100 grams in weight between two subjects would mean a probable difference of calories in their daily heat-production. The results are represented graphically in diagram. ••--•— MALE INFANTS „--.«- FEMALE INFANTS 369 433 474 BODY WEIGHT DIAGBAM 12.—Mean total daily heat-production by male and female infants of various body-weights. 12. The lines for the boy and girl babies lie very close together indeed. While the observed means show considerable irregularity, this is appar- ently attributable to the (statistically) small number of observations available, and a straight line seems to serve quite as well as a curve of a higher order to smooth the results. Turn now to the available data for the adults. The correlations between body-weight and heat and the partial correlations between body-weight and heat-production for constant stature are set forth in table 29. Considering first the actual correlations between body-weight and total heat-production, it is clear that the relationships are very high. For men they are of the order r = in the larger series, although the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Carnegie Institution of Washington. Wa
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