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. 2020 Aug 5;24(1):1882. doi: 10.4102/sajr.v24i1.1882

TABLE 4.

Correlation matrix coefficients of renal dimensions with age and body size indicators.

Parameters Age Height Weight Body Mass Index Body Surface Area Right Kidney Length Right Kidney Thickness Right Kidney Width Right Kidney Volume Left Kidney Length Left Kidney Thickness Left Kidney Width Left Kidney Volume
Age 1 0.371** 0.747** 0.052 0.785** 0.583** 0.289** 0.568** 0.503** 0.565** 0.473** 0.578** 0.617**
Height 0.371** 1 0.413** −0.101** 0.955** 0.331** 0.158** 0.280** 0.267** 0.315** 0.263** 0.313** 0.339**
Weight 0.747** 0.413** 1 0.049 0.979** 0.709** 0.388** 0.671** 0.646** 0.690** 0.626** 0.694** 0.790**
Body Mass Index 0.052 −0.101** 0.049 1 −0.061* 0.051 0.010 0.069* 0.040 0.054 −0.002 0.043 0.033
Body Surface Area 0.785** 0.955** 0.979** −0.061* 1 0.719** 0.384** 0.676** 0.639** 0.701** 0.628** 0.699** 0.788**
Right Kidney Length 0.583** 0.331** 0.709** 0.051 0.719** 1 0.323** 0.642** 0.658** 0.715** 0.513** 0.633** 0.714**
Right Kidney Thickness 0.289** 0.158** 0.388** 0.010 0.384** 0.323** 1 0.373** 0.890** 0.317** 0.338** 0.360** 0.396**
Right Kidney Width 0.568** 0.280** 0.671** 0.069* 0.676** 0.642** 0.373** 1 0.693** 0.571** 0.562** 0.679** 0.698**
Right Kidney Volume 0.503** 0.267** 0.646** 0.040 0.639** 0.658** 0.890** 0.693** 1 0.566** 0.516** 0.598** 0.659**
Left Kidney Length 0.565** 0.315** 0.690** 0.054 0.701** 0.715** 0.317** 0.571** 0.566** 1 0.465** 0.647** 0.817**
Left Kidney Thickness 0.473** 0.263** 0.626** −0.002 0.628** 0.513** 0.338** 0.562** 0.516** 0.465** 1 0.642** 0.820**
Left Kidney Width 0.578** 0.313** 0.694** 0.043 0.699** 0.633** 0.360** 0.679** 0.598** 0.647** 0.642** 1 0.885**
Left Kidney Volume 0.617** 0.339** 0.790** 0.033 0.788** 0.714** 0.396** 0.698** 0.659** 0.817** 0.820** 0.885** 1
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, p < 0.05;

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, p < 0.01.