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The Basal Metabolic Rate of the American Negro, with Particular Reference to the Effect of Menstruation on the Female

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Department of Chemistry, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri and the University of Colorado, Boulder

1. The basal metabolic rates of twenty-seven women and fourteen men were determined by the Benedict-Roth-Collins metabolism apparatus and found to be 14.8 and 12.44%, respectively, below the Boothby and Sandiford modified form of the DuBois standards.

2. The reported effects of the menstrual cycle on basal metabolism (a pre-menstrual rise with a lowering during the actual menstruation and in the immediately post-menstrual period) were confirmed.