Nephrology · Internal Medicine
Total Body Water (Watson Formula, Adult) calculator
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- Sex
- Age (years)Accepted range: 18 to 120
- Height (cm)Accepted range: 100 to 230
- Body weight (kg)Accepted range: 20 to 300
Primary source
Watson PE, Watson ID, Batt RD. Total body water volumes for adult males and females estimated from simple anthropometric measurements. Am J Clin Nutr. DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/33.1.27. PMID: 7350651. Scope: total body water (L) estimated from age, height (cm), and weight (kg) using published Watson sex-specific anthropometric equations for adults. (1980)
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