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. 2011 Jan 27;6(1):e16367. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016367

Table 2. Individual analysis of auxological GHRS criteria.

Height <−3 SDS Height <−1,5 SDS below the target height Height <−2 SDS and height velocity <−1 SDS* Height <−2 SDS and height diminution >0,5 SDS** Normal height and height velocity <−2 SDS* Normal height and height velocity <−1,5 SDS*** At least one of the 6 criterion
Criterion completed at diagnosis n (%) (CI) 11 (52%) (31–73) 19 (90%) (77–100) 21 (100%) (100–100) 11 (52%) (31–73) 5 (24%) (6–42) 4 (19%) (2–36)
Age at criterion completion (yr) median (range) (IQR) 1 (0,6; 10) (0.7; 2.2) 1 (0; 9) (0.5; 1.8) 2 (1; 9) (1; 3.9) 3 (2; 6) (3; 4.3) 3 (2; 6) (3; 4) 3 (2; 4) (2.7; 3.2) 1 (0; 4) (0.6; 2)
Number of patients who completed the criterion first n (%) (CI) 2 (18%) (0–41) 16 (84%) (67–100) 4 (19%) (2–36) 0 (0%) (0–0) 2 (40%) (3–83) 1 (25%) (0–67)
Potential reduction of diagnostic delay among the patients who completed the criterion (yr) median (range) (IQR) 2 (0; 6.8) (0.1; 3.3) 2.1 (0; 12.6) (1.5; 2.9) 1.5 (0; 9.6) (0; 3) 0 (0; 1.5) (0; 0.3) 2 (0.6; 4.5) (0.7; 2.1) 2.7 (0.5; 6.5) (1.6; 4.2)
Potential reduction of diagnostic delay among all patients (yr) median (range) (IQR) 0 (0; 6.8) (0; 2) 2 (0; 12.6) (0.6, 2.8) 1.5 (0; 9.6) (0; 3) 0 (0; 1.5) (0; 0) 0 (0; 4.5) (0; 0) 0 (0; 6.5) (0; 0) 2.3 (0; 12.6) (1.5; 3.6)

*over 1 year.

**over 1 year in children older than 2 years of age.

***over 2 years.

CI: confidence interval 95%.

IQR: interquartile range.

SDS: standard deviation score.