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- A renal ultrasound study was conducted on 124 Madagascan children under 1 year old to measure kidney length and compare it with existing reference data.
- The results showed that both kidney length and the height and weight of the children were lower than the established norms, and the growth curve for kidneys was steeper than expected.
- However, due to variability in ultrasound measurements, it cannot be conclusively stated that the kidney length and growth patterns in Madagascan children differ significantly from the published standards.
Article Abstract
Renal US was prospectively performed in 124 madagascan children less than 1 year of age. Patients were examined in the prone position and maximum kidney length was measured in the longitudinal plane. These measurements and the height and weight of our patient population were compared to published tables. Kidney length and height and weight of our patient population were inferior to the previously published reference data and the growth curve of kidneys steeper than normative standards (p < 0.001). Because of the important variability in US measurement of kidney length it is not possible to definitely conclude that length and growth curve of kidneys in madagascan children are statistically different from those of the published normative standards.
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