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Table 4 Mean values of the lymph node size and ratios for different weight categories (n = 27)

From: Computed tomography measurements of presumptively normal canine sternal lymph nodes

Parameter

≤ 10 kg

(n = 09)

10.1 to 30 kg

(n = 08)

≥ 30.1 kg

(n = 10)

CrCd (mm)

8.9*

13.2

15.0*

DV (mm)

3.5*#

6.1#

6.2*

LL (mm)

3.6*

4.6

5.5*

DV/CrCd

0.40

0.50

0.45

LL/CrCd

0.48

0.38

0.40

CrCd/St2DV

2.62

2.16

2.90

DV/St2DV

0.53

0.49

0.40

LL/St2DV

0.57*#

0.37*

0.36#

  1. St2DV dorso-ventral dimension of the 2nd sternebra. Numbers labelled with the same sign (* or #) are significantly different (p < 0.05). Numbers without any sign are not significantly different.