Calculate Body Surface Area Using Du Bois Equation

Calculate Body Surface Area Using Du Bois Equation

Usage

dubois_bsa(weight, height)

Arguments

weight

weight of subject (kg)

height

height of subject (cm)

Value

the body surface area (m^2)

Details

The Du Bois equation for BSA: $$BSA = 0.007184 \cdot W^{0.425} \cdot H^{0.725}$$

where:

• \(W\) = weight (kg)

• \(H\) = height (cm)

See also

Other body_composition: aibw(), bmi(), bmic(), bsa(), ibw(), mosteller_bsa()

Examples

b <- dubois_bsa(80.56, 167)

df <- data.frame(
"WT" = c(80.56, 71.53, 81.04, 70.17),
"HT" = c(167, 161, 163, 164)
)
df <- dplyr::mutate(df, bsa = dubois_bsa(WT, HT))
df
#>      WT  HT      bsa
#> 1 80.56 167 1.896429
#> 2 71.53 161 1.755790
#> 3 81.04 163 1.868098
#> 4 70.17 164 1.764991