Since body size is related to body weight, blood volume can be easily estimated from the body weight.
blood volume in mLs =
= (factor for gender) * (body weight in kilograms)
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Alternative Values
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Men
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Women
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AABB
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66 mL/kg
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60 mL/kg
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Cecil's Medicine
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52-83 mL/kg
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50-75 mL/kg
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Jacobs
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61.54 +/- 8.59 mL/kg
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58.95 +/- 4.94 mL/kg
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Smetannikov & Hopkins
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60-75 mL/kg
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55-65 mL/kg
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Tietz
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60-80 mL/kg
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60-80 mL/kg
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NOTE: Blood volume based on lean body mass tends to be more accurate than that based on actual body weight.
