Research Article

Correlation of Internal Organ Weights with Body Weight and Body Height in Normal Adult Zambians: A Case Study of Ndola Teaching Hospital

Table 2

Correlation between internal organ weight and body weight and height.

Organ
Male Female
Body weight Body height Body weight Body height

Heart
Liver
Spleen
Left kidney
Right kidney
Brain
Left lung
Right lung

The percent body weight was also calculated for the weight of internal organs. This was done to get an estimate of percent body weight for each organ that was studied.