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. 2023 May 17;11:1170025. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1170025

Table 2.

Characteristics of patients at the end of treatment.

Leuprolide (N = 41) Triptorelin (N = 23) p-value
Values at the end of treatment
Age (years); [median (Q1–Q3)] 10.2 (9.8–10.4) 10.1 (9.8–10.3) 0.353
Weight (kg); [median (Q1–Q3)] 41.5 (35.5–43.8) 40.6 (35.0–46.3) 0.690
Height (cm); [median (Q1–Q3)] 145.7 (138.0–148.6) 142.8 (135.1–149.6) 0.298
PAH (cm); [median (Q1–Q3)] 156.5 (153.7–160.7) 158.2 (151.8–163.7) 0.705
Bone age (years); [median (Q1–Q3)] 11.6 (10.9–12.0) 12.3 (11.0–12.5) 0.077
Duration of therapy (days) [median (Q1–Q3)] 971 (790–1,171) 792 (760–1,003) 0.001
Pubic hair; [N (%)]
Ph 1 13 (31.7%) 7 (30.4%) 0.554
Ph 2 23 (56.1%) 15 (65.2%)
Ph 3 5 (12.2%) 1 (4.3%)
Breast growth; [N (%)]
B1 5 (12.2%) 0 0.206
B2 25 (61.0%) 15 (65.2%)
B3 11 (26.8%) 8 (34.8%)
Absolute change
Weight (kg); [median (Q1–Q3)] 12.0 (9.0–15.7) 10.5 (7.8–14.0) 0.203
Height (cm); [median (Q1–Q3)] 15.6 (12.7–16.8) 16.1 (12.0–19.4) 0.542
PAH (cm); [median (Q1–Q3)] 5.3 (1.4–9.9) 4.2 (3.5–9.8) 0.908
Bone age (years); [median (Q1–Q3)] 2.0 (1.4–2.5) 1.8 (1.5–2.0) 0.308