A biological information calculation method using an optical member for biological information measurement comprising an optical element having an incident surface which receives emitted light, a contact surface which a living body tissue contacts, and an emitting surface which emits the light that has been reflected by the contact surface in contact with the living body tissue, or the light that has passed the living body tissue via the contact surface in contact with the living body tissue, and an optical element cover provided so as to expose the contact surface and to surround all or a part of an outer circumferential portion of the optical element, comprising the steps of:
- emitting the light;
- detecting the light emitted from the emitting surface;
- and
- calculating biological information with regard to a living body, which has the living body tissue, on the basis of a result of the detection.