Table 4.

Spleen length

Age group	Height	n	Mean	SD	Minimum	Maximum	Percentiles (cm)
	range (cm)		(cm)	(cm)	(cm)	(cm)	5th	95th
0–1 mo	47–55	22	4.8	0.6	3.5	6.3	4.1	6
> 1–6 mo	43–72	49	5.7	0.9	3.2	7.4	4.4	6.8
> 6–12 mo	53–86	45	6.2	0.8	4.8	7.8	5.2	7.7
> 1–2 yr	71–97	54	6.6	0.8	4.8	8.8	5.5	8.2
> 2–3 yr	70–110	33	7.4	1.0	4.5	9.0	6.0	8.9
> 3–4 yr	91–119	30	7.5	0.8	6.2	9.7	6.4	8.7
> 4–5 yr	90–112	34	8.1	0.9	6.2	10.6	6.9	9.3
> 5–6 yr	103–128	53	8.2	0.9	5.9	10.4	6.7	9.6
> 6–7 yr	109.5–142	39	8.4	0.8	6.3	10.0	7.4	9.6
> 7–8 yr	110–144	45	8.7	1.2	5.4	11.4	6.8	10.3
> 8–9 yr	121–148	46	9.2	0.9	7.5	11.7	7.9	10.5
> 9–10 yr	121–164	34	9.4	1.1	7.8	12.2	8.0	11.6
> 10–11 yr	123–162	42	9.8	1.2	7.4	13.0	8.3	12.0
> 11–12 yr	82–160	35	9.9	1.4	6.4	13.3	7.8	11.7
> 12–13 yr	94–181	41	10.2	1.1	7.2	12.5	8.8	12.0
> 13–14 yr	142–171	32	10.2	1.3	8.1	12.7	8.2	12.3
> 14–15 yr	149–178.5	40	10.5	1.1	8.6	13.0	8.8	12.2
> 15–16 yr	153–196	28	10.5	1.2	6.9	12.6	8.7	12.2
> 16–18 yr	149–183.2	34	10.9	1.4	8.1	14.3	8.8	13.4

Descriptive statistics for spleen length within each age class