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Table 5 Median maximum stimulated GH (ng/mL) 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 = 932)

 

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

6.6

6.7

6.1

6.7

< −1

17.0

14.7

13.8

15.0

−1 to +1

6.3

6.5

4.9

6.4

−1 to +1

14.9

14.2

14.0

14.3

> +1

5.6

4.1

2.0

3.0

> +1

 

13.9

13.8

14.0

Total

6.4

6.4

3.7

6.1

Total

15.9

14.1

13.9

14.3

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