Effect of patient height and weight on sonographically measured renal sizes in a sample of Nigerian adults without known renal disease

Objective: To establish some preliminary data of Nigerian population and using ultrasound to determine the renal dimensions (length, width and thickness) with subjects’ height and weight. Methodology: A prospective study of 600 randomly selected healthy adults was carried out. The height and weight of the subjects were measure and results compiled. Results: Three hundred nine were (51.5%) males and 291 (48.5%) females. In males, the mean kidney length was (10.7cm ±1.0 and 11.0cm ±0.9), while in females, it was 10.4cm ±0.9 and 10.8cm ±0.9 for the right and left kidneys respectively. Conclusions: There was a strong positive correlation between the renal size, weight and height of respondents thus the prediction of kidney dimensions from the weight and height of individuals was scientifically justified