1. Estimating the Glomerular Filtration Rate in Obese Adult Patients for Drug Dosing 
Manjunath P. Pai 
Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease 
Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages e53-e62 (September 2010)
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2. Figure 1
The fractional change in tissue/organ weight as a function of total body weight in male subjects between 50 kg and 250 kg, using data from a 50-kg subject as the reference.32
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3. Figure 2
The fractional change in alternate body size (weight) descriptors as a function of total body weight in male subjects between 50 kg and 250 kg, using data from a 50-kg, 176-cm subject as the reference.17,34 Abbreviations: IBW, ideal body weight; ABW, adjusted body weight; LBW1976, lean body weight published in 1976; FFW, fat free weight; PNWT, fat free weight; LBW2005, lean body weight published in 2005.
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4. Figure 3
The fractional change in alternate body size (body surface area and lean body weight) descriptors as a function of total body weight in subjects between 50 kg and 250 kg, using data from a 50-kg, 176-cm male subject as the reference.17,25 Abbreviations: BSA_DD, Body surface area using the DuBois and DuBois equation; BSA_GG, BSA using the Gehan and George equation; BSA_H, BSA using the Haycock and colleagues equation; (BSA_M)BSA using the Mosteller equation; BSA_LL, BSA using the Livingstone and Lee; LBW2005, lean body weight published in 2005.
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5. Figure 4
Residual versus estimated glomerular filtration rate or creatinine clearance when comparing the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (isotopic dilution mass spectrometry traceable) equations transformed with BSA_M (A) and the CG_LBW (B) relative to measured 24-hour CLcr in morbidly obese subjects.21
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