TABLE I.
Characteristics of Participants with Turner Syndrome
| Number of Participants | ||
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| Age | 7–13 | 11 |
| 14–19 | 18 | |
| 20–39 | 39 | |
| 40–59 | 29 | |
| Note: 4/11 girls aged 7–13 were represented by their parents | ||
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| Race | Caucasian | 93 |
| Minority | 4 | |
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| Age at Diagnosis | Birth | 15 |
| 1–10 | 25 | |
| 11–20 | 49 | |
| 21+ | 9 | |
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| Average Height (Age 18–59: n=74) | 145.99cm | |
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| Percent Of Adults Who Took Growth Hormone | 26% | |
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| Cardiac Status | Coarctation | 3 |
| Valve problems | 6 | |
| Other complications | 16 | |
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| Education | Elementary/Middle School | 20 |
| High School | 20 | |
| Undergraduate | 36 | |
| Graduate | 21 | |
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| Karyotype | 45X | 44 |
| 45X, 46,X,i(X)q10 | 10 | |
| 46X, del(X) | 7 | |
| 45X, 46XX | 7 | |
| 46X, i(Xq) | 4 | |
| 45X, 46Xr(X) | 5 | |
| 45X, 47XXX | 3 | |
| 45X, 46X, indic(X) | 3 | |
| 45X, 46X, del(X) | 3 | |
| Other | 11 | |
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| Psychiatric Diagnosis* | Depression | 6/77 |
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| Self-Esteem Evaluation* | Mean | 31.145 |
| Standard Deviation | 5.243 | |
| Range of Scores Obtained | 18–40 | |
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| Marital Status (Ages 20–59: n=68) | Married | 32% |
| Divorced | 15% | |
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| Women with Children | Adopted Children | 5 |
| Successful IVF | 1 | |
*
Psychiatric diagnosis evaluated according to the Structural Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders IV (SCID-DSM IV)
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Self-esteem diagnosis was evaluated using the Rosenberg self-esteem scale.