Nutrition · Paediatrics
Ponderal Index calculator
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Clinical inputs
Allowed range: 2.2–551.16 lb
Allowed range: 15.75–86.61 in
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Clinical inputs
- Weight (kg)Accepted range: 1 to 250
- Height (cm)Accepted range: 40 to 220
Primary source
Ponderal (Rohrer) index = weight (kg) ÷ height (m)³, as defined in the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre DAPA Measurement Toolkit (anthropometric indices: ponderal index), citing Florey CdV. The use and interpretation of ponderal index and other weight-height ratios in epidemiological studies. J Chronic Dis 1970;23(2):93-103. Infant values are read against age- and sex-specific percentiles (<10th percentile fetal malnutrition, <3rd severe wasting, >90th overweight). (1970)
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