title: Is blood pressure related to kidney size and shape?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship between blood pressure and the size and shape of the kidneys in healthy volunteers from the community.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional community-based study of normal volunteers in Portsmouth City, Hampshire, UK.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects numbered 185 (99 female), aged 19-66 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Blood pressure was higher in men, and in those with higher body mass index. Both systolic and diastolic blood pressure were correlated with the derived kidney volume. However, when corrected for age, sex and BMI the relationship was not statistically significant. Blood pressure correlated inversely with the width : length ratio of the left kidney.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Blood pressure was not correlated with kidney size in this group of adults.
authors.affiliation: Wessex Renal and Transplant Unit, St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Osmond
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D014463:Ultrasonography