Calculate Body Surface Area — bsa • scicalc

Calculate Body Surface Area

Usage

bsa(weight, height, method = "Dubois")

Arguments

weight: weight of a subject (kg)
height: height of a subject (cm)
method: equation to use: bsa(method = "Dubois") or bsa(method = "Mosteller").

Value

bsa (m^2)

See also

The method implementations: bsa(method = "Dubois"), bsa(method = "Mosteller").

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

Examples

bsa(70, 170)
#> [1] 1.809708
#> attr(,"scicalc_units")
#> [1] "m^2"
bsa(70, 170, method = "Mosteller")
#> [1] 1.818119
#> attr(,"scicalc_units")
#> [1] "m^2"
bsa(70, 170, method = "Dubois")
#> [1] 1.809708
#> attr(,"scicalc_units")
#> [1] "m^2"