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DUBOIS BODY SURFACE AREA CHART:
ESTIMATING BODY SURFACE AREA OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN
To determine body surface, draw a straight line from the point on the height scale indicating the subject’s height to the point on the weight
scale indicating the subject’s weight. The point where the line crosses the body surface area scale will indicate the subject’s body surface area.
For example, for a subject 170 cm tall and weighing 75 kg, body surface area will total 1.90 square meters (m
2
).
From DuBois EF, Basal metabolism in health and disease. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1936. Copyright 1920 by WM Boothby & RB
Sandiford.
BODY
SURFACE
m
2
2.80
2.70
2.60
2.50
2
.40
2
.30
2.20
2.10
2
.00
1.90
1
.80
1.30
1.20
1.10
1.00
0.90
0.80
0.70
0.58
1.70
1.60
1.50
1.40
2.90
0.60
15
90
70
80
60
50
40
20
25
30
35
100
1
10
120
130
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
8
5
9
0
9
5
100
105
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
9
0
200
2
20
240
2
60
2
80
300
320
3
30
140
150
160
WEIGHT
kg.lb.
200
190
180
8"
6'6"
1
70
165
160
155
150
145
140
135
125
120
110
130
115
105
2"
6'0"
4"
8"
5'6"
10"
2
"
5'0"
4"
8"
4'6"
10"
2"
4'0"
4"
8"
3'6"
2"
3'0"
4"
100
95
90
85
HEIGHT
cm.
in.
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