Body Surface Area Mosteller
Estimate BSA from centimeters and kilograms.
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Body Surface Area Mosteller gives a focused worksheet for health & fitness questions where a quick deterministic estimate is more useful than a spreadsheet. The body surface area mosteller fields mirror the variables in its formula, and the output separates the main result from supporting values so you can sanity-check this calculation before reusing it.
170 cm and 70 kg gives a Mosteller body surface area of 1.81812 square meters.
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For Body Surface Area Mosteller, every calculation runs in your browser with no upload, account, cookie, live lookup, or server-side storage. The body surface area mosteller result is best treated as a planning number because the real-world constraints behind this estimate can change the answer. Adjust the body surface area mosteller assumptions and confirm important decisions against the relevant source of truth for that exact situation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Mosteller formula?
BSA (m²) = √(height in cm × weight in kg ÷ 3600). A person 170 cm tall weighing 70 kg has a BSA of about 1.82 m².
Why use Mosteller rather than Du Bois?
Mosteller is simpler and gives results close to Du Bois for most adults, which is why many hospitals and drug-dosing references use it. The formulas diverge more at extremes of body size.
Can I enter inches and pounds?
Convert first: multiply inches by 2.54 for centimeters and divide pounds by 2.2046 for kilograms. The formula's 3600 constant only works with metric units.
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