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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 4 The differences between LHL volumes according to BMI

From: Diagnostic efficacy of abdominal US compared to contrast enhanced CT in the evaluation of the left hepatic lobe volume for morbidly obese patients before bariatric surgery

Hepatic volume

BMI categories

N

Mean (cm3)

SD deviation (cm3)

Minimum (cm3)

Maximum (cm3)

p value

US volume

Obese type II

11

274.7

26.3

224.2

319.98

< 0.001

 

Morbid obese

61

510.1

153.1

324.3

1040.4

 

CT volume

Obese type II

11

272.4

25.7

230

310

< 0.001

 

Morbid obese

61

511.6

151.8

325

1025

 
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