PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Hume, R. AU - Weyers, Elspeth TI - Relationship between total body water and surface area in normal and obese subjects AID - 10.1136/jcp.24.3.234 DP - 1971 Apr 01 TA - Journal of Clinical Pathology PG - 234--238 VI - 24 IP - 3 4099 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/24/3/234.short 4100 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/24/3/234.full SO - J Clin Pathol1971 Apr 01; 24 AB - Total body water was measured using tritium in 30 males and 30 females. It was found that total body water could be predicted from height and weight, and formulae for both males and females have been produced with multiple correlation coefficients (r) of 0·95 and 0·96 respectively. The predicted total body water was found to be very closely related to the predicted surface area giving correlation coefficients (r) for males and females of 0·997 and 0·985 respectively.