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)
Alternative Values |
Men |
Women |
AABB |
66 mL/kg |
60 mL/kg |
Cecil's Medicine |
52-83 mL/kg |
50-75 mL/kg |
Jacobs |
61.54 +/- 8.59 mL/kg |
58.95 +/- 4.94 mL/kg |
Smetannikov & Hopkins |
60-75 mL/kg |
55-65 mL/kg |
Tietz |
60-80 mL/kg |
60-80 mL/kg |
NOTE: Blood volume based on lean body mass tends to be more accurate than that based on actual body weight.