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Table 3 Mean baseline height 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 = 1899)

ISS (n = 1186)

 

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

−2.9

−2.6

−2.4

−2.7

< −1

−3.1

−2.7

−2.4

−2.8

−1 to +1

−2.8

−2.7

−2.7

−2.7

−1 to +1

−2.8

−2.8

−2.6

−2.8

> +1

−2.8

−3.1

−3.4

−3.2

> +1

−3.3

−2.7

−2.6

−2.7

Total

−2.8

−2.7

−3.0

−2.8

Total

−2.9

−2.8

−2.6

−2.8

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