Resting energy expenditure in cirrhotic patients with and without hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 6 Differences between resting energy expenditure calculated using predictive formulas in cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, compared with indirect calorimetry (n = 118)

	Mean difference	IC 95%	1P value
Calorimetry X Harris Benedict formula[21]	177	59.8 a 293	0.004
Calorimetry X Schofield formula[22]	154	36.9 a 270	0.011
Calorimetry X WHO formula[23]	125	9.1 a 240	0.035
Calorimetry X Mifflin et al[24] formula	210	98.5 a 321	0.001
Calorimetry X FAO/WHO formula[17]	120	-2.3 a 243	0.054
Calorimetry x IOM formula[25]	241	116 a 366	< 0.001
Calorimetry x Cunningham formula[26]	14	-101 a 129	0.806
Calorimetry x McArdle et al[27] formula	165	49.5 a 279	0.006

¹Student t-test for paired samples.