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Table 3 Numbers of cases selected for analysis by gender, including initial cases and subsequent cases used for centile analysis, within 2 standard deviations from the mean, following linear regression modelling

From: Reference ranges for organ weights of infants at autopsy: results of >1,000 consecutive cases from a single centre

Organ

Gender

Total cases

Cases within 2 standard deviations

Total cases analysed for centiles

Adrenal

Both

1039

998

998

Heart

Female

356

337

824

Male

512

487

Combined lungs

Female

320

306

726

Male

444

420

Liver

Female

447

423

997

Male

604

574

Kidneys

Female

444

421

999

Male

596

578

Spleen

Female

468

461

1067

Male

633

606

Pancreas

Female

436

414

973

Male

589

559

Thymus

Female

428

407

970

Male

595

563