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Male/female weight of internal organs: Examination across multiple populations
Author(s) -
Spencer Richard P.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of human biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1520-6300
pISSN - 1042-0533
DOI - 10.1002/ajhb.10180
Subject(s) - allometry , percentile , body weight , population , autopsy , demography , biology , body height , physiology , medicine , endocrinology , mathematics , statistics , ecology , sociology
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. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 15:643–646, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.