Autopsy Study of Organ Weights in Relation to Body Weight and Body Length of Adult Cases in Jamnagar Region

This study was conducted at mortuary of M. P. Shah Government Medical College Jamnagar during the period of February 2010 to November 2010. In the present study 449 cases (272 Male, 177 Female) were included. Body weight (BW), body length (BL), body mass index (BMI) and body surface area (BSA) was measured to correlate with organ weights. Statistical analysis was done and compared with standard Indian texts and the earlier studies. In males, there were 5 organ weights except spleen that have positive correlation with BW. In females, weights of all organs except spleen were correlated positively with BW. In males, weights of both lungs had positive correlation with BL and weights of the brain, liver, spleen and both kidneys have negative correlation with BL. In females, heart and both lungs had positive correlation with BL. All organ weights were positively correlated with BMI and BSA except weight of spleen.