Experimental Factor Ontology (EFO)
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Last submission date April 15, 2024
ID http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0005189
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0005189
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Preferred name

respiratory quotient

Definitions

The respiratory quotient (or RQ or respiratory coefficient), is a dimensionless number used in calculations of basal metabolic rate (BMR) when estimated from carbon dioxide production. Such measurements, like measurements of oxygen uptake, are forms of indirect calorimetry.

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