. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Feb 26;28(4):706–717. doi: 10.1002/oby.22743

Table 3.

Comparison of the measured BSA to the predicted BSA using selected equations

	BSA_3DPS	DuBois	Gehan	Jones	Nwoye	Tikuisis	Yu
Male
Mean BSA (±SD)	2.187±0.410	2.195±0.382	2.295±0.457^*	2.330±.0480^*	2.333±0.304^*	2.203±0.387	2.177±0.363
Mean Relative Error (±SD) (predicted - measured)/measured		0.006±0.024	0.047±0.024	0.063±0.043	0.078±0.071	0.009±0.022	−0.001±0.028
Example 1: BSA by method for a male participant H=177.5cm W=245.14kg	3.318	3.181	3.554	3.895	2.987	3.224	3.102
Female
Mean BSA (±SD)	2.106±0.313	2.037±0.265^*	2.157±0.323^*	2.288±0.385^*	2.125±0.208^*	2.109±0.294	2.021±0.252^*
Mean Relative Error (±SD) (predicted - measured)/measured		−0.030±0.028	0.024±0.024	0.085±0.051	0.017±0.068	0.003±0.023	−0.037±0.031
Example 2: BSA by method for a female participant H=160.4cm W=51.41kg	1.482	1.522	1.524	1.507	1.754	1.533	1.531

Note: Value presented are mean ± standard deviation

significantly different from 3DPS at p<0.05 BSA=body surface area (m²)