Body surface area (Du Bois formula)

Source: Du Bois D, Du Bois EF. A formula to estimate the approximate surface area if height and weight be known. 1916. Nutrition. 1989 Sep-Oct;5(5):303-11; discussion 312-3. doi:10.1001/archinte.1916.00080130010002

Usage

bsa_dubois(weight, height)

Arguments

weight

Body weight in kg, as numeric.

height

Body height in cm, as numeric.

Value

BSA in m^2