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. 2022 Sep 17;32(11):2343–2361. doi: 10.1007/s00787-022-02076-6

Table 2.

Characteristics of participating adolescents

Variables Adolescents who discontinued treatment Adolescents who continued treatment
N 6 8
Birth assigned girls 5a 4
Birth assigned boys 1b 4
Age during interview (median; range) (years) 17.5; 14–27 17.9; 15–18
Age when visiting gender identity clinic for the first time (median; range) (years) 14.3; 11–15 11.3; 10–13
Age start PS (median; range) (years) 15.2; 12–17 12.3; 10–14
Duration of PS (median; range) (months) 10; 1–14 35; 21–48
Duration diagnostic trajectory before starting PS treatment (median; range) (months)c 10; 6–22 9; 6–12
Full-Scale IQ (median; range) 100; 98–124 104; 76–132

aTwo adolescents identified as transboy, one as a-gender, one as genderfluid, and one as cis-gender girl at the time of the interview

bGender identity at the time of the interview: a-gender

cDiagnostic trajectory before starting PS treatment; In the Netherlands, transgender adolescents undergo a diagnostic trajectory, consisting of psycho-diagnostic assessment and several sessions with a mental health provider over a longer period of time, when assessing eligibility for PS