Metabolic Equivalent
"Metabolic Equivalent" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A measurement of OXYGEN uptake in a sitting, resting person (resting oxygen consumption), varying with age, sex, race, and other factors. In normal adult men, one MET is approximately 3.5 ml O2/kg/min of body weight. Oxygen uptake during activities or work can be measured in METs which can be use to determine health status and exercise prescription.
| Descriptor ID |
D055686
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.337 G03.730.365
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