Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Table 4 Significant differences in measurements of several structures of the scanned organs in the alpaca group (animals ≥ 1 year) influenced by sex

From: Ultrasonography of kidney and spleen in clinically healthy llamas and alpacas

Organ	P	95% CI of differences
Organ	P	Lower limit	Upper limit
Left kidney—sagittal
Width	0.933	− 0.16	0.72
Length	0.089	− 0.06	0.94
Cortex	0.548	− 0.21	0.39
Medullary pyramids	0.335	− 0.11	0.32
Left kidney—transversal
Width	0.471	− 1.35	0.64
Cortex	0.887	− 0.53	0.61
Medullary pyramids	0.391	− 0.32	0.73
Spleen—sagittal
Width	0.663	− 0.56	0.36
Right kidney—sagittal
Width	0.022*	0.05	0.64
Length	0.000*	0.44	1.25
Cortex	0.287	− 0.05	0.16
Medullary pyramids	0.230	− 0.05	0.20
Right kidney—transversal
Width	0.775	− 0.39	0.51
Cortex	0.036*	− 0.01	0.31
Medullary pyramids	0.682	− 0.11	0.16

*Significant values, CI confidence interval

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