How to calculate the body surface area of a human by using height and weight?

Q) Calculate the body surface area of a person with 1.6 m height and 80 kgs weight?

Ans) We can calculate the Body Surface Area(BSA) by following two methods

1) By Mosteller formula

2) By DuBois formula:

BSA(m²) =

Height = 1.6 m =160 cm

Weight = 80 kg

= 1.88 m²

2) DuBois formula:

BSA (m² ) = 0.007184 X W^0.425X H^0.725

= 0.007184 X 80^0.425X 160 ^0.725

= 0.007184 X 6.43 X 39.6

= 1.83 m²

Note: There are several body surface area calculators are available in the internet. This is the way to calculate the body surface area by hand.

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