Normal Organ Weights of Infants and Children: Graphs of Values by Age, with Confidence Intervals

Abstract

This study subjects the Coppoletta-Wolbach data of normal organ weights of children from birth to 12 years of age to statistical analysis, producing a set of curves that show the linear regression of organ weight versus age for each set of weights plus, for each organ, the 75%, 80%, 90%, 95%, and 99% confidence bands for single new values.

Key Words:

• normal organ weights
• statistical analysis
• heart
• lung
• spleen
• liver
• kidney
• brain