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Table 4 Mean baseline BMI SDS by HV SDS groups

From: Characteristics of children with the best and poorest first- and second-year growth during rhGH therapy: data from 25 years of the Genentech national cooperative growth study (NCGS)

IGHD (n = 1891)

ISS (n = 1181)

 

Second-year HV SDS

 

Second-year HV SDS

First-Year HV SDS

< −1

−1 to +1

> +1

Total

First-Year HV SDS

< −1

−1 to +1

> +1

Total

< −1

−0.5

−0.5

−0.5

−0.5

< −1

−0.8

−0.8

−0.6

−0.8

−1 to +1

−0.5

−0.4

−0.1

−0.4

−1 to +1

−0.6

−0.5

−0.6

−0.5

> +1

 

0.0

0.1

0.1

> +1

0.7

−0.3

−0.3

−0.2

Total

−0.5

−0.4

0.0

−0.3

Total

−0.6

−0.5

−0.6

−0.5

  1. BMI, body mass index; HV, height velocity; IGHD, idiopathic growth hormone deficiency; ISS, idiopathic short stature; SDS, standard deviation score.