Greater male variability in daily energy expenditure develops through puberty

There is considerably greater variation in metabolic rates between men than between women, in terms of basal, activity and total (daily) energy expenditure (EE). One possible explanation is that EE is associated with male sexual characteristics (which are known to vary more than other traits) such as musculature and athletic capacity. Such traits might be predicted to be most prominent during periods of adolescence and young adulthood, when sexual behaviour develops and peaks. We tested this hypothesis on a large dataset by comparing the amount of male variation and female variation in total EE, activity EE and basal EE, at different life stages, along with several morphological traits: height, fat free mass and fat mass. Total EE, and to some degree also activity EE, exhibit considerable greater male variation (GMV) in young adults, and then a decreasing GMV in progressively older individuals. Arguably, basal EE, and also morphometrics, do not exhibit this pattern. These findings suggest that single male sexual characteristics may not exhibit peak GMV in young adulthood, however total and perhaps also activity EE, associated with many morphological and physiological traits combined, do exhibit GMV most prominently during the reproductive life stages.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: Biol Lett. 2023 Nov;19(11):20230482. - PMID 37909701

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Biology letters - 19(2023), 9 vom: 04. Sept., Seite 20230152

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Halsey, Lewis G [VerfasserIn]
Careau, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Ainslie, Philip N [VerfasserIn]
Alemán-Mateo, Heliodoro [VerfasserIn]
Andersen, Lene F [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Liam J [VerfasserIn]
Arab, Leonore [VerfasserIn]
Baddou, Issad [VerfasserIn]
Bandini, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Bedu-Addo, Kweku [VerfasserIn]
Blaak, Ellen E [VerfasserIn]
Blanc, Stephane [VerfasserIn]
Bonomi, Alberto G [VerfasserIn]
Bouten, Carlijn V C [VerfasserIn]
Bovet, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Brage, Soren [VerfasserIn]
Buchowski, Maciej S [VerfasserIn]
Butte, Nancy [VerfasserIn]
Camps, Stephan G [VerfasserIn]
Casper, Regian [VerfasserIn]
Close, Graeme L [VerfasserIn]
Colbert, Lisa H [VerfasserIn]
Cooper, Jamie A [VerfasserIn]
Cooper, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Dabare, Prasangi [VerfasserIn]
Das, Sai Krupa [VerfasserIn]
Davies, Peter S W [VerfasserIn]
Deb, Sanjoy [VerfasserIn]
Nyström, Christine Delisle [VerfasserIn]
Dietz, William [VerfasserIn]
Dugas, Lara R [VerfasserIn]
Eaton, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Ekelund, Ulf [VerfasserIn]
Hamdouchi, Asmaa El [VerfasserIn]
Entringer, Sonja [VerfasserIn]
Forrester, Terrence [VerfasserIn]
Fudge, Barry W [VerfasserIn]
Gillingham, Melanie [VerfasserIn]
Goris, Annelies H [VerfasserIn]
Gurven, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Haisma, Hinke [VerfasserIn]
Hambly, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Hoffman, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Hoos, Marije B [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Sumei [VerfasserIn]
Joonas, Noorjehan [VerfasserIn]
Joosen, Annemiek [VerfasserIn]
Katzmarzyk, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Kempen, Kitty P [VerfasserIn]
Kimura, Misaka [VerfasserIn]
Kraus, William E [VerfasserIn]
Kriengsinyos, Wantanee [VerfasserIn]
Kuriyan, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Kushner, Robert F [VerfasserIn]
Lambert, Estelle V [VerfasserIn]
Lanerolle, Pulani [VerfasserIn]
Larsson, Christel L [VerfasserIn]
Lessan, Nader [VerfasserIn]
Löf, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Corby [VerfasserIn]
Matsiko, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Meijer, Gerwin A [VerfasserIn]
Morehen, James C [VerfasserIn]
Morton, James P [VerfasserIn]
Must, Aviva [VerfasserIn]
Neuheuser, Marian [VerfasserIn]
Nicklas, Theresa A [VerfasserIn]
Ojiambo, Robert M [VerfasserIn]
Pietilainen, Kirsi H [VerfasserIn]
Pitsiladis, Yannis P [VerfasserIn]
Plange-Rhule, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Plasqui, Guy [VerfasserIn]
Prentice, Ross L [VerfasserIn]
Rabinovich, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Racette, Susan B [VerfasserIn]
Raichen, David A [VerfasserIn]
Ravussin, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Redman, Leanne [VerfasserIn]
Reilly, John J [VerfasserIn]
Reynolds, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Roberts, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Rood, Jennifer C [VerfasserIn]
Samaranayake, Dulani [VerfasserIn]
Sardinha, Luís B [VerfasserIn]
Scuitt, Albertine J [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Analiza M [VerfasserIn]
Sinha, Srishti [VerfasserIn]
Sjödin, Anders M [VerfasserIn]
Stice, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Stunkard, Albert [VerfasserIn]
Urlacher, Samuel S [VerfasserIn]
Valencia, Mauro Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Valenti, Giulio [VerfasserIn]
van Etten, Ludo M [VerfasserIn]
Van Mil, Edgar A [VerfasserIn]
Verbunt, Jeanine A [VerfasserIn]
Wells, Jonathan C K [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, George [VerfasserIn]
Wood, Brian [VerfasserIn]
Yoshida, Tsukasa [VerfasserIn]
IAEA DLW Database Consortium [VerfasserIn]
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Themen:

Age
Height
Inter-individual variation
Journal Article
Morphometry
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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Date Completed 21.09.2023

Date Revised 06.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

figshare: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6832989

ErratumIn: Biol Lett. 2023 Nov;19(11):20230482. - PMID 37909701

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1098/rsbl.2023.0152

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NLM36223888X