Greater male variability in daily energy expenditure develops through puberty

Halsey, L., Careau, V., Ainslie, Philip N., Alemán-Mateo, Heliodoro, Andersen, Lene F., Anderson, Liam J., Arab, Leonore, Baddou, Issad, Bandini, Linda, Bedu-Addo, Kweku, Blaak, E., Blanc, Stephane, Bonomi, Alberto G., Bouten, Carlijn V. C., Bovet, Pascal, Brage, Soren, Buchowski, Maciej S., Butte, Nancy, Camps, Stephan G., Casper, Regian, Close, Graeme L., Colbert, Lisa H., Cooper, Jamie A., Cooper, Richard, Dabare, Prasangi, Das, Sai Krupa, Davies, Peter S. W., Deb, Sanjoy, Nyström, Christine Delisle, Dietz, William, Dugas, Lara R., Eaton, Simon, Ekelund, Ulf, Hamdouchi, Asmaa El, Entringer, Sonja, Forrester, Terrence, Fudge, Barry W., Gillingham, Melanie, Goris, Annelies H., Gurven, Michael, Haisma, Hinke, Hambly, Catherine, Hoffman, Daniel, Hoos, Marije B., Hu, Sumei, Joonas, Noorjehan, Joosen, Annemiek, Katzmarzyk, Peter, Kempen, Kitty P., Kimura, Misaka, Kraus, William E., Kriengsinyos, Wantanee, Kuriyan, Rebecca, Kushner, Robert F., Lambert, Estelle V., Lanerolle, Pulani, Larsson, Christel L., Lessan, Nader, Löf, Marie, Martin, Corby, Matsiko, Eric, Meijer, Gerwin A., Morehen, James C., Morton, James P., Must, Aviva, Neuheuser, Marian, Nicklas, Theresa A., Ojiambo, Robert M., Pietilainen, Kirsi H., Pitsiladis, Yannis P., Plange-Rhule, Jacob, Plasqui, Guy, Prentice, Ross L., Rabinovich, Roberto, Racette, Susan B., Raichen, David A., Ravussin, Eric, Redman, Leanne, Reilly, John J., Reynolds, Rebecca, Roberts, Susan, Rood, Jennifer C., Samaranayake, Dulani, Sardinha, Luís B., Scuitt, Albertine J., Silva, Analiza M., Sinha, Srishti, Sjödin, Anders M., Stice, Eric, Stunkard, Albert, Urlacher, Samuel S., Valencia, Mauro Eduardo, Valenti, Giulio, van Etten, Ludo M., Van Mil, Edgar A., Verbunt, Jeanine A., Wells, Jonathan C. K., Wilson, George, Wood, Brian, Yoshida, Tsukasa, Zhang, Xueying, Murphy-Alford, Alexia, Loechl, Cornelia, Luke, Amy, Pontzer, Herman, Rood, Jennifer, Sagayama, Hiroyuki, Westerterp, Klaas R., Wong, William W., Yamada, Yosuke and Speakman, J. 2023. Greater male variability in daily energy expenditure develops through puberty. Biology Letters. 19 (9) 20230152. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0152

Title	Greater male variability in daily energy expenditure develops through puberty
Type	Journal article
Authors	Halsey, L., Careau, V., Ainslie, Philip N., Alemán-Mateo, Heliodoro, Andersen, Lene F., Anderson, Liam J., Arab, Leonore, Baddou, Issad, Bandini, Linda, Bedu-Addo, Kweku, Blaak, E., Blanc, Stephane, Bonomi, Alberto G., Bouten, Carlijn V. C., Bovet, Pascal, Brage, Soren, Buchowski, Maciej S., Butte, Nancy, Camps, Stephan G., Casper, Regian, Close, Graeme L., Colbert, Lisa H., Cooper, Jamie A., Cooper, Richard, Dabare, Prasangi, Das, Sai Krupa, Davies, Peter S. W., Deb, Sanjoy, Nyström, Christine Delisle, Dietz, William, Dugas, Lara R., Eaton, Simon, Ekelund, Ulf, Hamdouchi, Asmaa El, Entringer, Sonja, Forrester, Terrence, Fudge, Barry W., Gillingham, Melanie, Goris, Annelies H., Gurven, Michael, Haisma, Hinke, Hambly, Catherine, Hoffman, Daniel, Hoos, Marije B., Hu, Sumei, Joonas, Noorjehan, Joosen, Annemiek, Katzmarzyk, Peter, Kempen, Kitty P., Kimura, Misaka, Kraus, William E., Kriengsinyos, Wantanee, Kuriyan, Rebecca, Kushner, Robert F., Lambert, Estelle V., Lanerolle, Pulani, Larsson, Christel L., Lessan, Nader, Löf, Marie, Martin, Corby, Matsiko, Eric, Meijer, Gerwin A., Morehen, James C., Morton, James P., Must, Aviva, Neuheuser, Marian, Nicklas, Theresa A., Ojiambo, Robert M., Pietilainen, Kirsi H., Pitsiladis, Yannis P., Plange-Rhule, Jacob, Plasqui, Guy, Prentice, Ross L., Rabinovich, Roberto, Racette, Susan B., Raichen, David A., Ravussin, Eric, Redman, Leanne, Reilly, John J., Reynolds, Rebecca, Roberts, Susan, Rood, Jennifer C., Samaranayake, Dulani, Sardinha, Luís B., Scuitt, Albertine J., Silva, Analiza M., Sinha, Srishti, Sjödin, Anders M., Stice, Eric, Stunkard, Albert, Urlacher, Samuel S., Valencia, Mauro Eduardo, Valenti, Giulio, van Etten, Ludo M., Van Mil, Edgar A., Verbunt, Jeanine A., Wells, Jonathan C. K., Wilson, George, Wood, Brian, Yoshida, Tsukasa, Zhang, Xueying, Murphy-Alford, Alexia, Loechl, Cornelia, Luke, Amy, Pontzer, Herman, Rood, Jennifer, Sagayama, Hiroyuki, Westerterp, Klaas R., Wong, William W., Yamada, Yosuke and Speakman, J.
Abstract	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.
Keywords	General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
	Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Article number	20230152
Journal	Biology Letters
Journal citation	19 (9)
ISSN	1744-957X
Year	2023
Publisher	The Royal Society
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0152
Publication dates
Published online	20 Sep 2023

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Journal article

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Abstract

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.

Keywords

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

Article number

20230152

Journal

Biology Letters

Journal citation

19 (9)

ISSN

1744-957X

Year

2023

Publisher

The Royal Society

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0152

Publication dates

Published online

20 Sep 2023

Greater male variability in daily energy expenditure develops through puberty

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