Table 3.

Longitudinal length of the spleen in children aged 24 months or less.

Age (months)	Height cm	No	Mean cm	SD	Percentiles		Suggested upper limit
					5th	95th
<1	46-56	32	4.14	0.61	3.4	5.3	5.5
1-3	50-63	26	4.90	0.87	3.8	6.3	6.5
3-5	55-71	22	5.43	0.74	4.3	6.4	6.5
5-7	57-71	16	5.69	0.82	4.4	6.8	7
7-9	63-75	22	5.79	0.67	4.8	6.6	7
9-11	65-78	18	5.79	0.69	4.9	6.7	7
11-15	67-84	29	6.16	0.75	4.9	7.3	7.5
15-18	73-83	19	6.65	0.66	5.7	7.7	8
18-24	74-92	50	6.80	0.89	5.3	8.0	8