Table 3.
General characteristics of the study population in the university hospital (n = 398) and the general hospital (n = 144)
| University hospital | General hospital | Difference between 2 hospitals (p-value) | |
| Gender Male: n (%) | 219 (55%) | 65 (45%) | 0.04 |
| Ethnicity N (%) | |||
| Dutch/European | 291 (73.1%) | 127 (88.2%) | 0.01 |
| Turkish | 31 (7.8%) | 6 (4.2%) | |
| Moroccan | 11 (2.8%) | 1 (0.7%) | |
| Others: | 54 (13.6%) | 10 (6.9%) | |
| Unknown | 11 (2.8%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Age at time of referral (yrs): mean (SD) | 9.1 (4.0) | 8.4 (4.7) | 0.2 |
| HSDS at time of referral: mean (SD) | -2.3 (0.8) | -1.9 (0.9) | < 0.01 |
| THSDS: mean (SD) | -0.7 (1.0) | -0.2 (0.9) | < 0.01 |
| HSDS – THSDS at time of referral: mean (SD) | -1.6 (0.8) | -1.7 (1.0) | 0.7 |
| Delta HSDS in last year before referral: mean (SD) | -0.08 (0.3) | -0.10 (0.3) | 0.5 |
| Dysmorphic features: n (%) | 22 (5.5%) | 2 (1.4%) | 0.1 |
| Disproportion: n (%) | 15 (3.8%) | 2 (1.4%) | 0.08 |
HSDS = height standard deviation score; THSDS = target height standard deviation score