What they found was that increases in AEE had a negative correlation to BMR.

他们发现 AEE 的增加与 BMR 呈负相关。

In the data, they were able to determine estimated changes in the variables mentioned earlier: BMR, basal metabolic rate, TEF, thermic effect of food, and AEE, which combines calories burned from both exercise and non-exercise activities.

在数据中，他们能够确定前面提到的可变的燃烧量的大概变化: BMR，基础代谢率，TEF，食物热效应，以及 AEE，这些数据都结合了运动和非运动活动燃烧的卡路里。