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Ideal Weight in Adults
Aka: Ideal Weight in Adults, Ideal Body Weight in Adults, Ideal Weight, Ideal Body Weight, Predicted Weight, Predicted Body Weight for Height
- See Also
- Weight Measurement in Children
- Body Mass Index
- Indications
- Patient height must be at least 60 inches (5 feet) or 152.4 cm for these Ideal Body Weight calculations
- Calculation: Male
- Ideal Weight (Devine, 1974), Predicted Body Weight (PBW) used in ARDS-NET Tidal Volume calculation
- Weight (kg) = 50 + 2.3 * (htIn - 60)
- Weight (kg) = 50 + 0.91 * (htCm - 152.4)
- Ideal Weight (Robinson, 1983)
- Weight (kg) = 52 + 1.9 * (htIn - 60)
- Ideal Weight (Miller, 1983)
- Weight (kg) = 56.2 + 1.41 * (htIn - 60)
- Ideal Weight (Hamwi, (1964)
- Weight (kg) = 48.0 + 2.7 * (htIn - 60)
- Ideal Weight (Approximate quick calculation, modified from Broca's Index, 1871)
- Weight (lb) = 106 + 6 * (htIn - 60)
- Calculated values (using Devine Formula)
- Ht 155 cm: 52 kg
- Ht 160 cm: 57 kg
- Ht 165 cm: 61 kg
- Ht 170 cm: 66 kg
- Ht 175 cm: 71 kg
- Ht 180 cm: 75 kg
- Ht: 185 cm: 80 kg
- Ht: 190 cm: 84 kg
- Ht: 195 cm: 89 kg
- Ht: 200 cm: 93 kg
- Ht: 205 cm: 98 kg
- Calculation: Female (using Devine Formula)
- Ideal Weight (Devine, 1974), Predicted Body Weight (PBW) used in ARDS-NET Tidal Volume calculation
- Weight (kg) = 45.5 + 2.3 * (htIn - 60)
- Weight (kg) = 45.5 + 0.91 * (htCm - 152.4)
- Ideal Weight (Robinson, 1983)
- Weight (kg) = 49 + 1.7 * (htIn - 60)
- Ideal Weight (Miller, 1983)
- Weight (kg) = 53.1 + 1.36 * (htIn - 60)
- Ideal Weight (Hamwi, (1964)
- Weight (kg) = 45.5 + 2.2 * (htIn - 60)
- Ideal Weight (Approximate quick calculation, , modified from Broca's Index, 1871)
- Weight (lb) = 100 + 5 * (htIn - 60)
- Calculated values
- Ht 155 cm: 48 kg
- Ht 160 cm: 52 kg
- Ht 165 cm: 57 kg
- Ht 170 cm: 62 kg
- Ht 175 cm: 66 kg
- Ht 180 cm: 71 kg
- Ht: 185 cm: 75 kg
- Ht: 190 cm: 80 kg
- Ht: 195 cm: 84 kg
- Ht: 200 cm: 89 kg
- Ht: 205 cm: 93 kg
- Resources
- Hall-MD Ideal Weight Formulas
- http://halls.md/ideal-weight-formulas-broca-devine/
- Calculator.Net
- http://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html
- Fpnotebook Ideal Body Weight Calculator
- References
- Robinson (1983) Am J Hosp Pharm 40(6):1016-9 [PubMed]