Table 1.

Characteristics of the SGA patients used for the development of the SGA growth prediction models

	1st prepubertal year			2nd prepubertal year
	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD
At GH treatment start
Sex male %		67			62
Birth weight SDS	613	-2.7	1.0	385	-2.6	1.0
Birth length SDS	465	-2.7	1.3	295	-2.7	1.3
Maximum GH peak (ng/ml)	613	20.8	13.3	385	20.9	13.6
MPH SDS	607	-0.9*	1.2	379	-0.8*	1.2
Age (years)	613	6.6	2.5	385	6.3	2.2
Height SDS	613	-2.8*	0.9	385	-2.8*	0.9
Weight SDS	613	-3.4	1.6	385	-3.4	1.6
GH dose (mg/kg/day)	613	0.04	0.02	385	0.04	0.02
First-year growth response
HV(cm/year)	613	8.6	1.9	385	8.7	1.8
Change in (delta) height SDS	613	0.7*	0.4	385	0.7*	0.3
Second year growth response
HV(cm/year)				385	7.0	1.4
Change in (delta) height SDS				385	0.3*	0.2

The first and second pre-pubertal years on GH [4] are shown.

* = calculations based on Tanner's references [8]