Measurement of kidney volume In UAE by using ultrasound

Abstract

We want to establish some preliminary data of our population in U. A .E . We determined to do an ultrasonographic kidney dimensions in individuals without known renal disease . We assessed whether age, sex, side and body mass index, affect the renal volume. Ultrasonographic kidney measurements were performed on 50 patients without known kidney diseases . Measurements include length, width and thickness estimation of the renal volume which is obtained by multiplying the three variables by 0.52 . The factors age ,sex, side and body mass index are statistically analyzed . The mean right kidney length is (10.5cm) the mean kidney width is (4.6cm) .the mean depth is (4.1 cm). The mean left kidney length is ( 10.8cm) the mean kidney width is ( 4.8cm) the left kidney depth is (4.3cm ) The mean right kidney volume is (105 cm3) according to the equation (L*W*D *0.52) .The left Kidney mean volume is (118cc) refer to table (1 & 2 ) P(55 & 56 ). length did not significantly differ between right and left, however,kidney width in the right kidney are smaller than the left one . In many related studies , the mean renal volume correlated with age, sex, side and BMI , however , the only significant factors affecting the renal volume are sex , age and BMI. We conclude our study that the renal volume is directly proportion with the BMI while it is inversely proportion with the age , in males the volume is bigger than in females while the left side is bigger than the right one .