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

Table 3

Percent body weight of the organs in both male and female population.

Organ	Weight	Male %; Body weight	Organ	Weight	Female %; Body weight
Heart	279.2 ± 44.9 g	0.48%	Heart	268.4 ± 64.2 g	0.47%
Liver	1285.3 ± 270.1 g	2.20%	Liver	1367.9 ± 357.2 g	2.38%
Spleen	169.9 ± 107.2 g	0.29%	Spleen	161.7 ± 93.4 g	0.28%
Left kidney	117.9 ± 27.4 g	0.20%	Left kidney	108.3 ± 23.0 g	0.19%
Right kidney	110.0 ± 22.8 g	0.19%	Right kidney	101.2 ± 20.3 g	0.18%
Brain	1335.0 g  ± 125.5	2.28%	Brain	1228.3 ± 76.4 g	2.13%
Left lung	442.0 g  ± 152.3 g	0.76%	Left lung	365.7 ± 119.8 g	0.64%
Right lung	504.6 ± 174.6 g	0.86%	Right lung	405.0 ± 116.0 g	0.70%
Body weight	58.5 ± 11.2 Kg		Body weight	57.47 ± 11.2 Kg