Table 6.
University hospital | General hospital | Total | |||||||
Children < 3 years | Children > 3 years | Children < 3 years | Children > 3 years | ||||||
CR | NCR | NC | CR | NCR | NC | ||||
n = 30 | n = 284 | n = 63 | n = 21 | n = 29 | n = 85 | n = 24 | n = 6 | ||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n = 542 (%) | |
GHD | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
CD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Turner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Other pathology | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Total pathology | 5 (16.7) | 14 (5.2) | 1 (5.7) | 0 (0) | 3 (10.3) | 3 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 27 (5.0) |
SGA only | 4 (13.3) | 54 (20.1) | 3 (3.5) | 4 (18.2) | 1 (3.4) | 13 (14.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 80 (14.8) |
Idiopathic | 21 (70) | 216 (74.7) | 59 (90.8) | 17 (81.8) | 25 (86.2) | 69 (81.6) | 24 (92.1) | 4 (66.8) | 435 (80.2) |
CR = Correctly referred; NCR = Not correctly referred; NC = Not classifiable (information to confirm CR was lacking);
SGA = Small for gestational age (with persistent short stature after two years); GHD = Growth hormone deficiency; CD = Celiac disease