TOTAL BODY WATER-CONCEPTS
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SUMMARY
1. ~60% of body weight
2. Higher in men than women
3. Reduced with age
4. Used to measure ICF
5. Inversely proportional to fat, so it is decreased by obesity and in Cushing’s disease
Reference(s)
Barrett, K.E., Barman, S.M., Brooks, H.L., X, J. and Ganong, W.F. (2019). Ganong’s review of medical physiology. 26th ed. New York: Mcgraw-Hill Education
