The Correlation of Esophageal Body Length with Measure ofExternal Body Parameters

There is disagreement as to whether there is a correlation between esophageal body length and that of various measurable external body parameters. This length has also been noted to vary in various disease states of the upper gastrointestinal tract and among various races. To our knowledge no such s...

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Autores principales:	Kaisha Otsianyi,Wyckliffe, Mutie,Thomas, Kioko,H. M
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2011
Materias:	Esophageal length Sternal length Body parameters
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220110003000382012-06-11The Correlation of Esophageal Body Length with Measure ofExternal Body ParametersKaisha Otsianyi,WyckliffeMutie,ThomasKioko,H. M Esophageal length Sternal length Body parameters There is disagreement as to whether there is a correlation between esophageal body length and that of various measurable external body parameters. This length has also been noted to vary in various disease states of the upper gastrointestinal tract and among various races. To our knowledge no such study has been published amongst an African population and Kenyans in particular. The purpose of this study was to determine how the length of the esophagus correlates with various external body parameters. This was a cross-sectional observational study at the endoscopy unit of Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). All consenting patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (OGD) at KNH. 76 subjects undergoing flexible esophagoscopy were evaluated. 43 were male. The mean esophageal length was 22.2 cm (SD 2.63). Males had a longer esophagus than women. The esophageal length had a negative correlation with weight of individual and body mass index. There was a positive correlation between esophageal length versus height of the individual and the sternal length. Individual's height is the parameter that best correlates with the esophageal body length.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.29 n.3 20112011-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022011000300038en10.4067/S0717-95022011000300038
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spellingShingle	Esophageal length Sternal length Body parameters Kaisha Otsianyi,Wyckliffe Mutie,Thomas Kioko,H. M The Correlation of Esophageal Body Length with Measure ofExternal Body Parameters
description	There is disagreement as to whether there is a correlation between esophageal body length and that of various measurable external body parameters. This length has also been noted to vary in various disease states of the upper gastrointestinal tract and among various races. To our knowledge no such study has been published amongst an African population and Kenyans in particular. The purpose of this study was to determine how the length of the esophagus correlates with various external body parameters. This was a cross-sectional observational study at the endoscopy unit of Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). All consenting patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (OGD) at KNH. 76 subjects undergoing flexible esophagoscopy were evaluated. 43 were male. The mean esophageal length was 22.2 cm (SD 2.63). Males had a longer esophagus than women. The esophageal length had a negative correlation with weight of individual and body mass index. There was a positive correlation between esophageal length versus height of the individual and the sternal length. Individual's height is the parameter that best correlates with the esophageal body length.
author	Kaisha Otsianyi,Wyckliffe Mutie,Thomas Kioko,H. M
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title	The Correlation of Esophageal Body Length with Measure ofExternal Body Parameters
title_short	The Correlation of Esophageal Body Length with Measure ofExternal Body Parameters
title_full	The Correlation of Esophageal Body Length with Measure ofExternal Body Parameters
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title_full_unstemmed	The Correlation of Esophageal Body Length with Measure ofExternal Body Parameters
title_sort	correlation of esophageal body length with measure ofexternal body parameters
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
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The Correlation of Esophageal Body Length with Measure ofExternal Body Parameters

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