Table 7.

Spleen Length Comparison between Saudi, US and Indian children in centimeters (Saudi Arabia vs United States (P=.045), Saudi Arabia vs India (P=.045) groups.^6,10

Age group	Sex	Spleen length comparison between Saudi, US and Indian children in cm
		Saudi Arabia			United States			India
		No.	Mean	SD	No.	Mean	SD	No.	Mean	SD
0-3 months	F	31	4.5	.83	22	4.4	0.57	11	4.5	0.53
	M	27	4.4	.83	35	4.6	0.84	10	4.9	1.44
3-6 months	F	9	5.2	.80	6	5.2	0.47	9	5.5	0.51
	M	22	5.6	.70	10	5.8	0.65	26	5.4	0.61
6-12 months	F	24	6.0	.76	15	6.3	0.68	23	5.6	0.61
	M	33	5.8	.65	12	6.4	0.78	28	6.0	0.86
1-2 years	F	46	6.6	.89	18	6.3	0.69	33	6.1	0.74
	M	42	6.7	.84	17	6.8	0.72	44	6.4	1.01
2-4 years	F	90	7.2	.74	24	7.5	0.83	53	6.7	0.74
	M	78	7.2	.82	22	7.6	1.07	79	6.9	1.01
4-6 years	F	56	7.4	.92	36	8.0	0.74	53	7.1	0.90
	M	93	7.8	.99	18	8.1	1.01	62	7.4	0.99
6-8 years	F	77	7.9	.90	25	8.2	0.99	20	7.6	0.99
	M	71	8.2	1.01	26	8.9	0.91	31	7.9	0.94
8-10 years	F	68	8.4	1.14	26	8.7	0.92	27	8.2	1.02
	M	59	8.8	1.10	15	9.0	1.02	35	8.2	1.02
10-12 years	F	54	8.7	1.19	34	9.1	1.09	21	8.7	1.20
	M	54	9.0	1.15	19	9.8	1.05	32	8.7	1.84
12-14 years	F	38	9.4	1.34	30	9.8	1.02
	M	46	9.9	1.00	18	10.2	0.81
14-16 years	F	3	10.2	.40	13	10.3	0.69
	M	7	10.0	.81	13	10.7	0.90
Total		1028			454			597