title: Sonographic assessment of renal length in normal children.
abstract: Renal length was measured from normal real-time sonograms of 203 pediatric patients and graphed to provide a "growth chart" of normal renal size vs. age. Mean renal lengths are reported for each year of age. For children older than 1 year, the regression equation is: renal length (cm) = 6.79 + 0.22 X age (years). For babies younger than 1 year, the equation is: renal length (cm) = 4.98 + 0.155 X age (months).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014463:Ultrasonography