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Table 6 Mean mid-parental target height SDS minus 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 = 1664)

ISS (n = 1001)

 

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

2.4

2.0

2.0

2.2

< −1

2.5

2.1

1.8

2.2

−1 to +1

2.3

2.2

2.4

2.2

−1 to +1

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

> +1

 

2.9

3.3

3.1

> +1

 

2.5

2.4

2.5

Total

2.3

2.3

2.8

2.3

Total

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

  1. HV, height velocity; IGHD, idiopathic growth hormone deficiency; ISS, idiopathic short stature; SDS, standard deviation score.
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International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology

ISSN: 1687-9856

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