The Keio Journal of Medicine
Online ISSN : 1880-1293
Print ISSN : 0022-9717
ISSN-L : 0022-9717
THE STUDY ON EXPRESSION OF WEIGHT, WATER AND COMPOSITION OF THE BODY
NEW INDEX, “BASIC AMOUNT” OF WEIGHT, WATER AND COMPOSITION OF THE BODY AND SIMPLE CALCULATION OF STANDARD WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT
SEIICHI ASANOSHUN MATSUKIEIICHI KATOKIKUO MARUMOSHOKICHI YAMAZAKIMASAKO IWASAYUKIO OZAWATAKIJI SAWAFUJIHIROSHI KURODA
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1962 年 11 巻 4 号 p. 211-221

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The expressions of body weight, body water and composition of the body which serve as the bases in study of metabolism and treatment of diseases have been discussed and we came to the following conclusions.
(1) The factors that give influences on body weight were discussed and it was emphasized that in the comparison of nutrition and hydration the factor of height should be excluded. The weight per unit height was still inadequate.
(2) In order to solve the difficulties, a new index, “basic amount” of body weight which was free from the factor of height was presented. As it varies with changes of nutrition and hydration, it would be able to compare nutrition or hydration by this index and an equation has been presented to cal-culate easily the standard body weight from the height.
(3) It was also pointed out that the expression of absolute value and per-cent body weight of water and composition of the body are sometimes irrational. In order to correct these points, a new index, “basic amount” of water and com-position of the body is adequate. With this index, it became possible to compare body water or body composition in subjects with different heights and weights.
The outline of this study was reported at the 57th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine on April, 1960.
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