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Table 1 Degree of the shortening related with the patient parameters

From: Influence of repeated measurements on small bowel length

Parameter^a	Ratio of shortening (%)	p
Diagnosis
Healthy subject (n: 16)	15.7 + 20.2	0.59
Liver disease (n: 12)	11.7 + 18.0
Gender
Male (n: 18)	11.3 + 21.4	0.59
Female (n: 10)	15.4 + 18.1

Parameter^b	Pearson correlation	p
Age	−0.27	0.16
Height	0.13	0.51
Weight	−0.06	0.76
Body mass index	−0.20	0.32

^aStudent-t test
^bPearson correlation coefficient

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