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3025315 - Body weight

Body weight is the measure of how much a person weighs (how heavy a person is).

9373

In the OMOP vocabulary 9373 is a Standard Concept that represents the unit ounce (avoirdupois) (oz)

NB: While (oz) is a common notation for an ounce, it can be also be represented by (avdp) and (oz_av).

Plausible Low Value

7

Plausible High Value

24000.0

8504

In the OMOP vocabulary 8504 is a Standard Concept that represents the unit gram (g)

Plausible Low Value

198

Plausible High Value

680388.6

Rationale

16 oz = 1 pound (lb) = 453.592 g.

The university of Iowa maintains "The Tiniest Babies" registry 1 and according to that, the smallest living baby was 230 grams (~8.1 oz). Given that, we imagine a plausible low value to be 7 oz (or 198 g). According to Guiness world records, Juan Pedro Franco Salas weighted over 1,300 lbs (20,800 oz). Given that, if we imagine a person can weigh 1,500 lbs, then the plausible high value should be 24,000 oz or 680388.6 g.

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