In physiology and medicine, the body surface area is the measured or calculated surface area of a human body. For many clinical purposes, BSA is a better indicator of metabolic mass than body weight because it is less affected by abnormal adipose mass.

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﻿<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>B</mi><mi>S</mi><mi>A</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msup><mi>m</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>=</mo><msup><mrow><mo fence="true">[</mo><mtable rowspacing="0.1600em" columnalign="center" columnspacing="1em"><mtr><mtd><mstyle scriptlevel="0" displaystyle="false"><mfrac><mrow><mi>h</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>g</mi><mi>h</mi><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>c</mi><mi>m</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>×</mo><mi>w</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>g</mi><mi>h</mi><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>k</mi><mi>g</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mn>3600</mn></mfrac></mstyle></mtd></mtr></mtable><mo fence="true">]</mo></mrow><mn>0.5</mn></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">BSA(m^2)=\begin{bmatrix}\frac{height(cm) \times weight(kg)}{3600}\end{bmatrix} ^{0.5}</annotation></semantics></math>BSA(m2)=[3600height(cm)×weight(kg)​​]0.5﻿

Body Surface Area (BSA)

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