From: Reference values and sex differences in absolute and relative kidney size. A Swiss autopsy study
Participants (n = 635) | Men (n = 436) | Women (n = 199) | |
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Age of death, years | 53.1 (17.6) | 51.2 (17.0) | 57.2 (19.0) |
Body Height, cm | 173.0 (9.9) | 177.2 (7.9) | 163.8 (7.3) |
Body Weight, kg | 75 (62–87) | 80 (71–90) | 61 (54–72) |
Smoking, number (%) | 162 (25.5) | 125 (28.7) | 37 (18.6) |
BMI, kg/m2 | 24.7 (21.6–28.3) | 25.4 (22.6–28.7) | 23.1 (20.3–26.8) |
Body surface, m2 | 1.9 (1.7–2.1) | 2.0 (1.8–2.1) | 1.7 (1.6–1.8) |
Blood degree, number (%) | |||
Congested | 289 (45.5) | 217 (49.8) | 72 (36.2) |
No particularity | 247 (38.9) | 153 (35.1) | 94 (47.2) |
Depleted | 99 (15.6) | 66 (15.1) | 33 (16.6) |
Cause of death, number (%) | |||
Intoxication | 103 (16.2) | 60 (13.8) | 43 (21.6) |
Asphyxiation | 83 (13.1) | 62 (14.2) | 21 (10.5) |
Drowning | 28 (4.4) | 26 (5.1) | 14 (7.0) |
Cold weapon | 15 (2.4) | 15 (3.0) | 3 (1.5) |
Polytrauma | 75 (11.8) | 49 (11.2) | 26 (13.1) |
Gunshot | 48 (7.6) | 42 (9.6) | 6 (3.0) |
Other unnatural cause | 81 (12.8) | 57 (13.1) | 24 (12.1) |
Cardiac | 89 (14.0) | 72 (16.5) | 17 (5.4) |
Lung | 21 (3.3) | 12 (2.8) | 9 (4.5) |
Vascular | 19 (3.0) | 13 (3.0) | 6 (3.0) |
Other diverse natural cause | 38 (6.0) | 22 (5.3) | 15 (7.5) |
Natural but unknown origin | 29 (4.6) | 18 (4.1) | 11 (5.5) |
No information | 6 (0.9) | 2 (0.5) | 4 (2.0) |
Arterial Hypertension | 88 (13.9) | 61 (14.0) | 27 (13.6) |