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Histograms of the characteristics of patients in this study: (a) age in years, (b) height in cm, (c) weight in kg, (d) body mass index (BMI) in kg/m2 and (e) ponderal index (PI) in kg/m3. The corresponding characteristics for the reference adult male from ICRP Publication 89 are specified on each histogram and indicated by a vertical line. There is no specific age for the reference adult male (ICRP 2002).
