L. Garby et al., WEIGHTS OF BRAIN, HEART, LIVER, KIDNEYS, AND SPLEEN IN HEALTHY AND APPARENTLY HEALTHY ADULT DANISH SUBJECTS, American journal of human biology, 5(3), 1993, pp. 291-296
Based on a forensic material of 1,598 autopsies of Danish adults (1,08
6 males, 512 females greater-than-or-equal-to 16 years of age), who pr
ior to death were healthy or apparently healthy based on clinical evid
ence, the weights of brain, heart, liver, kidneys, and spleen were reg
istered. The variability of organ weights was estimated. Relationships
between organ weights and body size, and among organ weights were als
o evaluated. Males had larger organ weights than females. When organ w
eights were based on the same estimated fat free mass, interesting dif
ferences between the sexes were observed: weights of the heart and bra
in were smaller in females, but weights of the kidney were the same; w
eights of the liver were consistently larger in females than in males.
Useful comparisons of the data with previous studies were impossible
because of differences in the criteria of health and of insufficient n
umbers. (C) 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.