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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics of Noonan syndrome (NS) and Turner syndrome (TS) patients with complete 4-year longitudinal data (unadjusted data)

From: Noonan syndrome and Turner syndrome patients respond similarly to 4 years’ growth-hormone therapy: longitudinal analysis of growth-hormone-naïve patients enrolled in the NordiNet® International Outcome Study and the ANSWER Program

Baseline characteristic

NS, mean ± SD

TS, mean ± SD

 

All patients

GHD subseta

All patients

GHD subseta

N, Sex (male:female)

N = 30 (24:6)

n = 8 (7:1)

N = 294 (0:294)

n = 21

Age, years (range)

8.39 ± 3.45 (2.38–14.29)

8.97 ± 4.19 (2.38–14.04)

7.81 ± 3.22 (0.51–15.23)

8.22 ± 3.21 (3.08–14.45)

HSDS

−2.64 ± 0.96

−2.61 ± 0.81

−2.67 ± 0.88

−2.84 ± 0.53

HSDS (Ranke)b [7, 19]

−0.46 ± 0.89

−0.43 ± 0.85

0.30 ± 0.99

−0.07 ± 0.67

HSDS (Westerlaken) [21]

NA

NA

−0.20 ± 1.01

−0.53 ± 0.71

HSDS (Cabrol) [20]

NA

NA

−0.05 ± 1.03

−0.39 ± 0.70

Target HSDS

−0.43 ± 0.83

−0.81 ± 0.75 (n = 6)

−0.24 ± 1.02

−0.56 ± 0.89

TH-corrected HSDSc

−2.19 ± 1.14

−1.70 ± 1.19 (n = 6)

−2.46 ± 1.16

−2.27 ± 1.10

Bone age, years

6.92 ± 3.58

6.96 ± 4.92 (n = 6)

6.72 ± 3.03

7.56 ± 3.12 (n = 12)

Bone age – chronological age

−1.61 ± 1.22

−2.08 ± 1.17 (n = 6)

−1.31 ± 1.12

−1.49 ± 1.07 (n = 12)

Father’s height (cm)

176.19 ± 7.38

173.78 ± 6.71 (n = 6)

176.94 ± 7.89

172.85 ± 8.05

Mother’s height (cm)

161.53 ± 8.49

158.08 ± 4.96 (n = 6)

163.57 ± 6.96

162.18 ± 6.93

IGF-I SDS

−1.42 ± 1.45 (n = 19)

−2.52 ± 1.27 (n = 5)

−0.89 ± 1.51 (n = 147)

−1.21 ± 1.28 (n = 11)

  1. GHD Growth hormone deficiency, HSDS Height standard deviation score, NA Not applicable, TH Target height, SDS Standard deviation score
  2. aGHD defined by GH peak < 10 μg/L
  3. bHSDS (Ranke) NS vs TS mean difference –0.76 (95% confidence interval –1.13, –0.39); P < 0.001
  4. cTH-corrected HSDS refers to attainment of genetic height potential, i.e., parental-height-corrected HSDS – defined as HSDS minus target HSDS, during 4 years of GH treatment