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Organ weights in healthy and apparently healthy Danish infants
Author(s) -
Kock K.F.,
Lammert O.,
ThoboCarlsen B.,
Garby L.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of human biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1520-6300
pISSN - 1042-0533
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1997)9:1<35::aid-ajhb6>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - hum , body weight , physiology , spleen , medicine , organ system , danish , biology , art , linguistics , philosophy , disease , performance art , art history
The weights of brain, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, lungs, and thymus were registered in 222 forensic autopsies of Danish infants aged 1 week to 0.99 year (137 males, 85 females), who prior to death were healthy or apparently healthy based on clinical evidence. Variability of organ weights was estimated, and the relationship between individual organ weights and age, body weight, and body length, and the sum of organ weights was evaluated in relation to age, body weight, and body length. No significant differences were found between males and females, and between the healthy and apparently healthy infants. There was a positive, significant correlation of the individual organ weights with age, body weight, and body length. It was most pronounced for the weight of the brain and least pronounced for the thymus. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 9:35–38 © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.