title: Male/female weight of internal organs: examination across multiple populations.
abstract: For internal organ weights in the 50th percentile, the male/female weight relationship was examined by use of autopsy data in eight populations. Values were closely coupled (P < 0.001), so that male organ weight could be expressed as a linear function of the corresponding female organ. A variant, in a reported population from India, was noted. The concept of "allometric mass exponent" was also applied to relating male/female organ weights, with close agreement. To examine if findings correlated with height and weight of the whole body, male height was expressed as a function of the female value in each population. There was close agreement. Correlation was also noted when male body weight was given as a function of female body weight.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-2804, USA. rspencer@adp.uchc.edu
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Spencer
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000502:physiology*; D011153:Population; D012737:Sex Factors