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Respiratory Control Index
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Respiratory Control Index (Calorie Restriction) 
The ratio of state 3 to state 4 mitochondrial activity. A (somewhat artificial) means of measuring the amount of energy from calories metabolized that is going to generate useful work/ATP (state 3) vs. thermogenesis (state 4). Can be thought of as a measure of "metabolic efficiency".
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