Figure 1 is a drawing of the total body water tbw compartments of an idealized 70 kilogram kg healthy normal adult male. Solomon 5 and francis d.
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Measurement of total body water. Total body water measurements by skinfold thickness measurement each subjects height was measured with the use of a wall mounted stadiometer to the nearest 01 cm and the weight was measured on a balance beam scale to the nearest 100 g. This total body water calculator uses your age height weight and sex to estimate the volume of water in your body. It is based on a formula developed by dr. Desiccation the first estimates of body water content were accomplished with desiccation procedures. Total body water tbw is 666 mlkg of body weight bw extracellular fluid volume is 222 mlkg bw intracellular fluid volume is 444 mlkg bw and plasma volume is 50 mlkg bw from. Watson and his team and described in 1980 in the article total body water volumes for adult males and females estimated from simple anthropometric measurements.
In this example we use a tbw of sixty percent 60 of body weight rather than the more difficult to calculate and remember though scientifically more pre. Friis hansen 3 isidore s. The total body water is then accurately measured from the increase in breath deuterium content in relation to the volume of d 2 o ingested. Watson formula for women 2097 01069 x height in centimeters 02466 x weight in kilograms total body weight tbw in liters to get the percentage of water in your body assume 1 liter. The measurement of total body water in the human subject by deuterium oxide dilution with a consideration of the dynamics of deuterium distribution 1 paul r. Different substances can be used to measure different fluid compartments.
Desiccation procedures body specific gravity measurements and dilution techniques. Equine sports medicine and surgery second edition 2014. How do we measure the body water. Schloerb 2 bent j. Except for those with obesity water is the largest component of the body making up 50 70 of the total mass. Edelman 4 a.
The methods that have been employed for the measurement of total body water may be considered under three general headings. The water contents of various tissues differ but 70 80 of lean tissue usually consists of water while the fatty tissue contains about 20 water but there is no clear rate agreed on by academics. Tritiated water or heavy water.
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