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Kidney length percentiles

Sonographic kidney length and kidney volume by age and sex as percentiles (Viteri 2025)

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Sources

US-derived Pediatric Kidney Length and Volume Percentiles by Age: A Big Data Approach (Radiol Artif Intell 8(1):e250056; online November 2025) – Supplement Tables S6 and S7 Viteri B, Morales-Tisnés F, Logan A et al., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2026. Reference study (18,769 children 0–17 years, after exclusion of kidney disease); license CC BY 4.0
Kidney size in childhood: sonographical growth charts for kidney length and volume (Pediatr Radiol 15:38–43) Dinkel E, Ertel M, Dittrich M, Peters H, Berres M, Schulte-Wissermann H, 1985. Classic reference by body height – not freely accessible, not adopted

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Calculation aid for healthcare professionals. Clinical assessment remains with the treating physician.

Review date of the German original: 2026-11-05 · Methodology

Frequently asked questions

Kidney length percentiles: What does this calculator compute?

Sonographic kidney length and kidney volume, left and right, by age and sex as percentiles from 18,769 examinations of healthy kidneys (Viteri 2025), with reference curves P3–P97.

Kidney length percentiles: Which sources is this calculator based on?

Viteri B, Morales-Tisnés F, Logan A et al., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: US-derived Pediatric Kidney Length and Volume Percentiles by Age: A Big Data Approach (Radiol Artif Intell 8(1):e250056; online November 2025) – Supplement Tables S6 and S7 (2026); Dinkel E, Ertel M, Dittrich M, Peters H, Berres M, Schulte-Wissermann H: Kidney size in childhood: sonographical growth charts for kidney length and volume (Pediatr Radiol 15:38–43) (1985)