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Table 1 Results of regression analysis of the logarithm of basal metabolic rate on the logarithm of body mass.

From: Data from necropsy studies and in vitro tissue studies lead to a model for allometric scaling of basal metabolic rate

Body mass

n

Slope

(95% CI)

Reference

0.0025 – 367 kg

391

0.707

(0.691 – 0.724)

10

0.0025 – 0.200 kg

208

0.624

(0.608 – 0.717)

10

0.200 – 10.00 kg

150

0.707

(0.657 – 0.757)

18

10.00 – 367 kg

33

0.877

(0.700 – 1.06)

10

0.0024 – 326 kg

619

0.687

(0.674 – 0.701)

11

0.0024 – 0.200 kg

382

0.652

(0.613 – 0.692)

11

0.200 – 10.00 kg

206

0.718

(0.674 – 0.761)

11

10.00 – 324 kg

31

0.902

(0.706 – 1.10)

11