Study of the weights of human heart and liver in relation with age, gender and body height

Abstract

Background: Normal weight of organ is one of the most important indicators to discern between normal and abnormal in the departments of Anatomy, Pathology also as in clinical medicine. Objective of the study was to examine the normal adult internal organ weights and their relationship with age, gender, body height. Methods: The present study included 100 autopsy cases from the mortuary of Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad from May 2012 to September 2013. The subjects were selected as per inclusion and exclusion criteria to avoid variations arising out of pathology. The ages ranged from 10 to 60 years and out of which 29 were females and 71 were males. The organs studied were heart and liver. Results: The weight of organs with mean+standard deviation (SD) was represented for males and females respectively; heart 294+48 / 287+44gms, liver 1404 + 191/ 1283+ 169gms. Conclusions: A positive relationship was found between organ weight with age and body height in both males and females. Organ weights in males were comparatively higher than females. Cite this article as: Deepika K, Sushma M, Kumar DV. Study of the weights of human heart and liver in relation with age, gender and body height. Int J Res Med Sci 2017;5:3469-73.

Post Mortem Organ Weight at Bhayangkara Pekanbaru Polda Riau Hospital, Indonesia

“…Deepika et al obtained 280 grams for heart weight and 1311.03 for liver weight, while this study obtained a weight value of 214.86 for the heart and 1020.29 grams for the liver weight. 5 Meanwhile, the value of organ weight in the age group 37-44 years and 45-52 years in this study were not much different from the weight value of organs obtained from studies conducted by Sheikhazadi et al in India in 2009. 12 In this study, it is known that the value of organ weight has increased if the weight of organs in the age group 21-28 years compared with the age group 45-52 years, then experienced a decrease in organ weight in the age group > 52 years.…”

“…9 This is due to differences in the type of food consumed, the amount of water consumed, climatic conditions, and genetic variation. 5 The average weight of post mortem organs by sex in this study differed between men and women. In men, the average weight of post mortem organs were obtained, namely the brain (1350.0 grams), the heart (284.1 grams), the right lung (385.6 grams), the left lung (320.9 grams), the liver (1130.8 grams), spleen (120.…”

“…These racial and ethnic differences affect organ weight due to differences in the type of food consumed, the amount of water consumed, climatic conditions, and genetic variations in various ethnicities in various countries in the world. 5 In addition to race and ethnicity, there are other factors that may influence weight post mortem organs, namely sex, age, body weight, body length, and body mass index. 3 Based on that problems that have been described, the author wants to know the average value of post mortem organ weight in autopsy cases that performed at Bhayangkara Pekanbaru Polda Riau Hospital, Indonesia and the average value of post mortem organ weight based on age, gender, and body length.…”

Age-related changes of malondialdehyde, body weight and organ weight in male mice

“…Studies on the weight of internal organs in humans are commonly performed by forensic clinicians in post-mortem situations to obtain the normal weights of organs in relation to race or gender. (13)(14)(15) In experimental animals, studies on changes in organ mass are aimed at determining the agerelated developmental pattern of an organ and also the underlying mechanism of the aging process. (16)(17)(18)(19) Therefore, studies on experimental animals are far more feasible to be performed by investigators as compared with studies on humans.…”

“…(14) On the other hand, a positive correlation is found between aging and morphological changes of the heart. (15) In humans, aging not only changes the morphology of the organs, but also increases body weight. (20) An in-depth study should be carried out in connection with the accumulation of free radicals and the morphological organ changes occurring with age.…”