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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017 Mar 7;208(5):1082–1088. doi: 10.2214/AJR.16.16979

Table 3.

Median dose (mGy) for major organs by gender and BMI group.

BMI (Kg/m2) Underweight Normal Overweight Obese
<18.5 18.5–25 25–30 > 30
Number of Participants 215 6550 10182 6787
Median CTDIvol (mGy) 3.02 3.10 3.40 3.81
Organ dose (mGy) based on participant body size Brain 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06
Lens 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.07
Salivary glands 0.59 0.60 0.66 0.74
Thyroid 6.42 6.41 6.48 6.34
Esophagus 3.93 3.60 3.21 2.95
Thymus 4.70 4.35 4.08 3.81
Lungs 4.93 4.56 4.19 3.90
Breasts 4.56 4.21 4.31 4.28
Red bone marrow 1.79 1.46 1.29 1.25
Effective dose (mSv) 2.80 2.37 2.19 2.10
Organ dose (mGy) based on reference body size Thyroid 6.17 6.18 6.68 7.12
Esophagus 3.40 3.59 3.73 4.15
Thymus 4.07 4.33 4.45 4.99
Lungs 4.28 4.33 4.70 5.03
Breasts 3.65 3.69 4.32 4.78
Red bone marrow 1.48 1.48 1.60 1.72
Effective dose (mSv) 2.29 2.31 2.52 2.71