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Table 2 3-Month height velocity after the first year of treatment and regression coefficients (1292 Patients, 6356 HVs)

From: Is there “seasonal” variation in height velocity in children treated with growth hormone? Data from the National Cooperative Growth Study

 

Mean (SD)

Regression coefficient

Pvalue

3-month HV after 1st year (cm/yr)

7.2 (2.9)

  

Daylight hours

11.9 (1.7)

0.121

<0.0001

Age (yr) at start of 3-month interval

9.2 (2.1)

−0.076

<0.0001

Height SDS at start of 3-month interval

−1.4 (1.0)

0.16

0.0002

BMI SDS at start of 3-month interval

−0.1 (1.0)

0.34

<0.0001

Mother’s height SDS

−0.6 (1.2)

0.03

0.3434

Father’s height SDS

−0.4 (1.2)

0.02

0.6048

Maximum stimulated GH (ng/mL)

6.1 (2.4)

−1.4*

<0.0001

GH dose (mg/kg/wk) at start of 3-month interval

0.32 (0.07)

1.6

0.0053

Time from GH start to midinterval for HV (yr)

2.8 (1.5)

−0.45

<0.0001

  1. *Using log base 10 of maximum stimulated GH response.
  2. GH, growth hormone; HV, height velocity; SD, standard deviation; SDS, standard deviation score.