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Table 3 Difference of liver diameters between genders

From: Normal sonographic liver and spleen dimensions in a central European pediatric population

Model covariates

Age

Age and height

 

diff (cm)

p-value

diff (cm)

p-value

Right lobe craniocaudal

−0.24

0.012

−0.16

0.070

Right lobe anteroposterior

−0.21

0.018

−0.16

0.067

Left lobe craniocaudal

−0.09

0.288

−0.07

0.403

Left lobe anteroposterior

−0.17

0.012

−0.13

0.055

  1. Difference between genders as determined from models including smoothing terms for the covariates (1) age, (2) age and height. The mean difference between genders (females compared with males) as well as the significance of this difference are given for each liver dimension
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BMC Pediatrics

ISSN: 1471-2431

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