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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Ultrasound Med. 2019 Aug 16;39(2):223–230. doi: 10.1002/jum.15114

Table 1.

Included Studies Measuring Liver Size in Healthy Children

Age Turkey, Konuş et al, 1998 Brazil, da Rocha et al, 2009 India, Dhingra, 2010 India, Amatya et al, 2014 Nepal, Thapa et al, 2016
n Mean SD 5th 95th n Mean SD 5th 95th n Mean SD 3th 97th n Mean SD 5th 95th n Mean SD 5th 95th
0–<3 mo 53 61.0 10.4 48.0 90.0 32 66.0 5.7 47.0 75.0 21 63.5 9.3 48.5 80.5 45 53.0 5.2 44.0 57.0 36 68.0 7.0 54.0 80.0
3–<6 mo 40 73.0 10.8 53.0 86.0 34 76.0 7.2 58.0 90.0 35 71.5 8.6 56.0 84.5 45 64.0 9.2 49.0 83.0
6–<9 mo 20 79.0 8.0 70.0 90.0 72 84.0 9.1 62.0 101.0 51 77.0 9.0 62.0 95.5 35 76.0 9.3 47.0 75.0
9–<12 mo 36 84.0 6.9 65.0 96.0
l–<2 y 18 85.0 10.0 68.0 98.0 102 92.3 7.5 77.3 110.3 77 85.5 11.8 67.0 106.5 45 89 8.6 71 103 62 84.0 7.4 69.5 94.5
2–<4 y 27 86.0 11.8 63.0 105.0 48 99.0 6.7 78.0 11.0 132 89.5 11.4 70.5 116.0 43 87.3 8.9 73.4 105.2
4–<6 y 30 100.0 13.6 77.0 124.0 181 104.0 8.2 86.5 126.0 115 100.5 12.6 69.0 140.0 45 92.0 9.1 80.0 108.0 41 92.2 9.1 75.3 106.6
6–<8 y 38 105.0 10.6 90.0 123.0 109 109.0 8.7 91.0 133.0 51 108.5 11.2 86.0 128.0 25 98.7 8.7 84.6 117.6
8–<10 y 30 105.0 12.5 83.0 128.0 62 118.0 11.0 97.0 140.5
10–<12 y 16 115.0 14.0 95.0 136.0 53 132.5 12.5 103.5 153.5 45 107 11.1 91 129 19 106.3 10.7 92.0 127.0
12–<14 y 23 118.0 14.6 94.0 136.0 11 116.1 8.8 104.0 130.0
14–<18 y 12 121.0 11.7 104.0 139.0

Measurements are reported in millimeters