Table 4.

Factors influencing decision to discontinue a course of rhGH.

	Rank (mean score) N = 207	Proportion ranked as #1 N = 207
Epiphyseal closure is documented	1 (2.5)	39%
Patient is comfortable with his/her height	2* (3.0)	23%
Patient's growth velocity is <2 cm/yr	2* (3.0)	21%
Patient's growth velocity is <1 cm/yr	4 (3.1)	12%
Patient is at least at the 5th percentile for adult population	5 (4.6)	4%
Patient is within two SDs of target height	6 (4.7)	2%

rhGH: recombinant human growth hormone; SD: standard deviation.

*Indicates a tie.