title: Weight and measurements of kidneys in northwest Indian adults.
abstract: Weights and measurements of paired kidneys obtained from medicolegal autopsies of northwest Indian adults, 155 males and 84 females, were compared. The right and left kidneys weighed 108.7 +/- 22.6 g and 111.8 +/- 23.3 g (P > 0.05), respectively, in males. Corresponding weights in females were 96.6 +/- 19.3 g and 99.4 +/- 25.3 g (P > 0.05) for the right and left kidneys, respectively. Sex differences in the weights of both right and left kidneys were statistically significant (P < 0.001). Other measurements of the right kidney in males were as follows: length, 99.5 +/- 9.4 mm; width at the middle of the hilum, 45.8 +/- 6.2 mm; and the thickness 33.3 +/- 5.2 mm, which did not differ from corresponding measurements of the left kidney (99.7 +/- 10.9 mm, 46.4 +/- 7.1 mm, and 34.0 +/- 6.4 mm, respectively). Other measurements of the right kidney in females were as follows: length, 91.3 +/- 8.7 mm; width at the middle of the hilum, 44.6 +/- 4.6 mm; and thickness 31.2 +/- 4.7 mm, which did not differ from those of the left kidney (92.1 +/- 11.0 mm, 43.5 +/- 6.5 mm, and 31.1 +/- 6.1 mm, respectively). Sex differences in measurements of both right and left kidneys were significant except for the width of the kidney at the middle and below the hilum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Forensic Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sahni
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jit
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sodhi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors