Manual of Clinical Nutrition Management II- 8 Copyright © 2013 Compass Group, Inc.
STANDARD BODY WEIGHT (SBW) DETERMINATION BASED ON
NHANES II
Based on NHANES II weight table, 50th percentile, kg
Men 25 - 54 Years 54 - 74 Years
Height (in) Small Medium Large Small Medium Large
62 64 68 82 61 68 77
63 61 71 83 62 70 80
64 66 71 84 63 71 77
65 66 74 79 70 72 79
66 67 75 84 68 74 80
67 71 77 84 69 78 85
68 71 78 86 70 78 83
69 74 78 89 75 77 84
70 75 81 87 76 80 87
71 76 81 91 69 84 84
72 74 84 91 76 81 90
73 79 85 93 78 88 88
74 80 88 92 77 95 89
Women 25 - 54 Years 54 - 74 Years
Height (in) Small Medium Large Small Medium Large
58 52 63 86 54 57 92
59 53 66 78 55 62 78
60 53 60 87 54 65 78
61 54 61 81 56 64 79
62 55 61 81 58 64 82
63 55 62 83 58 65 80
64 57 62 79 60 66 77
65 60 63 81 60 67 80
66 58 63 75 68 66 82
67 59 65 80 61 72 80
68 62 67 76 61 70 79
69 63 68 79 62 72 85
70 64 70 76 63 73 85*
Note: The clinician’s judgment should be used in assigning these weights. Some categories are based on a small sample size of patients or
estimated* by linear regression equation.
Reference
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Disease (3rd Ed). National Kidney Foundation Council on Renal Nutrition, 2002: 11.