Background: Obesity results from a chronic imbalance between energy
intake and energy expenditure. Total energy expenditure for all physiological
functions combined can be measured approximately by calorimeters. These devices
assess energy expenditure frequently (e.g., in 60-second epochs), resulting in
massive complex data that are nonlinear functions of time. To reduce the
prevalence of obesity, researchers often design targeted therapeutic
interventions to increase daily energy expenditure. Methods: We analyzed
previously collected data on the effects of oral interferon tau supplementation
on energy expenditure, as assessed with indirect calorimeters, in an animal model
for obesity and type 2 diabetes (Zucker diabetic fatty rats). In our statistical
analyses, we compared parametric polynomial mixed effects models and more
flexible semiparametric models involving spline regression. Results: We
found no effect of interferon tau dose (0 vs. 4
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Parametric and Semiparametric Approaches to Analyzing Device-Based Measures of Energy Expenditure in Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats
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Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Asan Medical Center, 05505 Seoul, Republic of Korea
2
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University, School of Public Health, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
*Correspondence: ctekwe@iu.edu (Carmen D. Tekwe)
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2023, 28(2), 30;
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2802030
Submitted: 30 June 2022 | Revised: 28 December 2022 | Accepted: 13 January 2023 | Published: 20 February 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract
Keywords
energy expenditure
mixed effects models
spline regression
truncated splines
ZDF
Funding
1R01DK132385-01/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
10GRNT4480020/American Heart Association
11GRNT7930004/American Heart Association
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