title: [The length of the esophagus measured by SND-1 esophagus detector. Report of 197 cases].
abstract: The length of esophagus of 197 normal persons, (120 males and 77 females, age range 18-81, height 1.45-1.83 m) was measured with SND-1 esophagus detector. The results showed that their average length of esophagus was 23.42 +/- 2.02 cm, 24.16 +/- 2.06 cm for men and 22.46 +/- 1.99 cm for women (P less than 0.01) respectively. No positive relation-ship was noted between its length of esophagus and the height of body.
authors.affiliation: 371st Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Henan.
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods; D001827:Body Height; D004947:Esophagus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors