Not an answer to your question, but you may find interest & perhaps insight
from reading the much-quoted Dubois+Dubois 1916 paper, Arch Intern Med vol
17, p 863
Seasonal good wishes,
Les Culank
>Please, can you direct me to the best way of correcting a body surface
>area when the body weight is out of proportion to the height as in obesity
>for example.
>
>The formulae used to calculate or derive the body surface area from the
>height and weight generally assume a reasonably normal body mass in
>relation to height. For example a man standing 185cm tall can be expected
>to weight 75-80kg and a lady of 162cm about 60kg.
>
>How does one best handle a 152cm tall lady weighing 72kg? Or, a 203cm
>tall man weighing 108kg?
>
>Given that a sphere is the smallest surface area for a given volume does
>applying the standard BSA calculations to obese people lead to an
>overestimate of the BSA?
>
>I appreciate that this is a bit specialised but if someone can direct me
>to a review article on the subject (may be from before the second world
>war even?) I would be grateful.
Dr Les Culank, Consultant Chemical Pathologist
01223 - 217153 / fax 216862
Dept of Clinical Biochemistry, Box 232,
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QR UK
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