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Oral temperatures correlated with sleeping and 24-h metabolic rates adjusted for differences in body size, body composition, and age.

Understanding the correlation between body temperature and metabolic rate can aid in metabolic health assessments.

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Oral temperatures correlated with sleeping (r = 0.80, P < 0.0001), and 24-h (r = 0.48, P < 0.02) metabolic rates adjusted for differences in body size, body composition, and age.
Russell Rising et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 1992

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The correlations are statistically significant and based on empirical data.

Source

Concomitant interindividual variation in body temperature and metabolic rate

Russell Rising et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 1992

DOI 10.1152/ajpendo.1992.263.4.e730

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