Age range for subjects: 3.5 to 41 years of age
plasma volume in mL in males =
= (1587 * (body surface area in square meters)) - 304
= 10^((0.007367 * (height in cm)) + 2.1515)
= 10^((0.8139 * LOG10(weight in kilograms)) + 1.9224)
= 10^((1.2105 * LOG10(body surface area in square meters)) + 3.1007)
plasma volume in mL in females =
= (1423 * (body surface area in square meters)) - 194
= 10^((0.00698 * (height in cm)) + 2.1651)
= 10^((0.7988 * LOG10(weight in kilograms)) + 1.9314)
= 10^((1.181 * LOG10(body surface area in square meters)) + 3.0808)
Limitations:
• The study was performed on 20 males and 21 females from 3.5 to 41 years, consisting of 2 Blacks, 2 Hispanics and 37 Whites. These numbers seem small. The technique of dye dilution would not lend itself to large numbers of subjects.
Performance:
• The correlation coefficients for the equations in males ranged from 0.95 to 0.99.
• The correlation coefficients for the equations in females ranged from 0.94 to 0.96.
