Patent ID: 8540641
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A device for predicting a resting metabolic rate of a person having a weight, height, age, and gender, the device comprising: a controller having one or more inputs, the controller using resting diastolic and systolic blood pressure measurements as independent variables in a predictive equation, wherein the predictive equation is wherein RMR is the resting metabolic rate of the person, W is the weight of the person, H is the height of the person, A is the age of the person, G is the gender of the person, D is the diastolic blood pressure of the person, S is the systolic blood pressure of the person, and K 1 , K 2 , K 3 , K 4 , K 5 , K 6 , K 7 , and K 8 are constants.