Identification of factors associated with good response to growth hormone therapy in children with short stature: results from the ANSWER Program®

Table 3 Regression model for longitudinal ΔHSDS at year 1 and year 2 for patients with GHD (n = 698).

Characteristic	β Estimate	F Value	P Value
Height velocity at 4 months	0.0319	214.31	< .0001
Baseline age	-0.0439	74.17	< .0001
Baseline HSDS	-0.0776	29.11	< .0001
Baseline BMI SDS	0.0398	20.62	< .0001
Baseline IGF-I SDS	-0.0245	5.74	.0169
Gender	-0.0438	2.46	.1175

BMI, body mass index; GHD, growth hormone deficiency; HSDS, height standard deviation score; IGF-I, insulin-like growth factor I; SDS, standard deviation score.

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