TY  - JOUR
T1  - Analysis of somatotype on liver, spleen and kidney morphology in healthy children: an ultrasonographic anatomy study
TT  - Sağlıklı çocuklarda somatotipin karaciğer, dalak ve böbrek morfolojisi üzerindeki etkisinin analizi: bir ultrasonografik anatomi çalışması
AU  - Er Ulubaba, Hilal
AU  - Çiftçi, Rukiye
AU  - Şenol, Deniz
AU  - Toy, Şeyma
AU  - Berk, Erhan
AU  - Uzuner, Muhammet Bora
PY  - 2025
DA  - June
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.17826/cumj.1662614
JF  - Cukurova Medical Journal
JO  - Cukurova Med J
PB  - Cukurova University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2602-3032
SP  - 478
EP  - 485
VL  - 50
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Purpose: Somatotype is a quantitative expression of an individual’s current morphological configuration and consists of three classifications: mesomorphy, endomorphy and ectomorphy. This study aimed to examine the relationship between somatotype and liver, spleen, and kidney morphometry in healthy children utilizing ultrasonographic (USG) methods. Materials and Methods: One hundred healthy children between the ages of 7 and 10 participated in the study. The sizes of liver, spleen and kidney were measured using USG. The children’s somatotypes were determined according to the Heath-Carter method by taking 10 anthropometric measurements. Results: As a result of the measurements, it was determined that the highest value of liver length was 11.9 cm (9.9-13.6) in Mesomorph Endomorph somatotype and the smallest value was 10.9 (9-12.3) in central somatotype. The highest value of right kidney vertical length was 32 mm (25-45) in Mesomorph Endomorph somatotype and the lowest value was 29 mm (25-34) in central somatotype. According to the results of the Kruskall Wallis H test analysis, there was a statistically significant difference between liver length and right kidney vertical length measurements and somatotypes (p
KW  - Somatotype in children
KW  - Liver
KW  - Spleen
KW  - Kidney
KW  - Ultrasonography
N2  - Amaç: Somatotip, bireyin mevcut morfolojik durumunun nicel bir ifadesidir ve mezomorfi, endomorfi ve ektomorfi olmak üzere üç derecelendirmeden oluşur. Bu çalışmanın amacı sağlıklı çocuklarda somatotipin karaciğer, dalak ve böbrek morfometrisi ile ilişkisini ultrasonografik (USG) yöntem kullanarak incelemektir. Yöntem: Çalışmaya yaşları 7 ile 10 arasında değişen 100 sağlıklı çocuk katıldı. Çalışmaya dahil edilen çocuklarda USG ile karaciğer, dalak ve böbrek boyutları ölçüldü. Çocukların somatotipleri 10 antropometrik ölçüm alınarak Heath-Carter yöntemine göre belirlendi. Bulgular: Yapılan ölçüm sonucunda karaciğer uzunluğunun en yüksek değerinin 11.9 cm (9.9-13.6) ile mesomorph endomorph somatotipinde, en küçük değerinin 10.9 (9-12.3) ile santral somatotipinde olduğu belirlendi. Sağ böbrek vertikal uzunluğunun, en yüksek değerinin 32 mm (25-45) ile ile mesomorph endomorph somatotipinde, en küçük değerinin 29 mm (25-34) ile santral somatotipinde olduğu belirlendi. Yapılan Kruskall Wallis H testi analiz sonucuna göre karaciğer uzunluğu ve sağ böbrek vertical uzunluk ölçümleri ile somatotipler arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark bulundu (p
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