Radiological Assessment of the Ratio of Kidney Length to the Length of Lumbar Vertebrae in Cats Referred to Tehran-Pet Clinic

This study includes the measurement of both kidneys and lumbar vertebrae (from L۱ to L۷) using radiography of ۳۸ adult cats, including ۲۲ male cats and ۱۶ female cats in the ventrodorsal (VD) view. Radiographs were prepared in DICOM format. Then we obtained the ratio of the length of each of the right and left kidneys to each of the lumbar vertebrae. Two independent two-sample t-test and Pearson's test were used to check the relationship between the variables. The results showed that out of ۳۸ cats included in this study, ۱۶ cats, ۴۲.۱% of them were female and ۲۲ cats, ۵۷.۹% of them were male. It was observed that among the vertebrae, on average, L۱ had the shortest length and L۵ had the longest length. The male and female groups had statistically significant differences in terms of the average length of the right and left kidney as well as the length of the L۱ vertebra. The length of the left and right kidneys as well as the length of the L۱ vertebra in male cats were significantly higher than in female cats. The average ratio of the length of the right kidney to the L۱ to L۷ vertebrae in male cats was significantly higher than these ratios in female cats. The two groups of male and female cats do not have a statistically significant difference in terms of the average ratio of the length of the left kidney to the L۱ to L۷ vertebrae. The length of the right and left kidneys has a direct and significant statistical relationship. It was also observed that the length of the right kidney in cats has a direct and significant statistical relationship with the length of the L۱ vertebra.

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kidney length ، lumbar vertebrae length ، Cat