Table 1. Subject characteristics by height distribution.

	-1.6 height SDS (N=755)	0 height SDS (N=1493)	+ 1.6 height SDS (N=756)
% male	45.2	43.0	42.3
Mean age (SD)*	10.6 (4.7)	9.6 (4.7)	7.9 (5.0)
Mean height-age (SD)*	8.1 (4.0)	9.0 (4.6)	8.7 (5.6)
Mean height SDS (SD)	-1.62 (0.80)	-0.01 (1.00)	1.61 (1.00)

^*Significant difference on the 0.05 level