Table 1. Etiological diagnosis for the short stature of 99 patients followed up at a growth outpatient clinic for six months or more in São Paulo, 1997-2001.

Etiology	No. of diagnoses	%
Familial/constitutional	58	58.0
Hormonal	02	2.0
Intrauterine growth retardation	14	14.0
Genetic	09	9.0
Secondary diseases	04	4.0
Ongoing investigation	13	13.0
Total *	100 *	100.0

^* One patient had two diagnoses (hormonal + genetic).