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. 2014 May 15;2014:687978. doi: 10.1155/2014/687978

Table 1.

Characteristics of the studies on growth curves.

Study Age
(years)		 Type
(study)		 HT
(years)		 SP %e 
(years)		 SM %e 
(years)		 Birthf L/H W HC W/H BMI HV Country
Lyon et al.
1985 [8]		 1–20+ Mixed Included
>15		 h 8
(13–17)		 h Yes No No No No No g
Massa et al.
1990 [9]		 0–22 Mixed Included
11.3–18		 17
(11.1–15)		 10
(13.7–15.2)		 h Yes No No No No Yes Belgium
Naeraa and Nielsen
1990 [10]		 7–20a h Included
13.2–24.6		 h 9
(13–15)		 1955–66 Yes No No No No Yes Denmark
Suwa
1992 [11]		 0–20 Mixed Excluded h 3.3
(11–14)		 1955–89 Yes No No No No Yes Japan
Haeusler et al.
1992 [12]		 0–16 Mixed Excluded 18.4
(no/age)		 h 1961–81 Yes No No No No Yes Austria
Bernasconi et al.
1994 [13]		 0–21 Mixed Included
(>13)		 1.4
(20.8)		 4.4
(20.2)		 1950–90 Yes No No No No No Italy
Garcia Rudaz et al.
1995 [14]		 0–22 Mixed Included
14 ± 1.2		 12.7
(9–14)		 h
(11–16.1)		 h Yes No No No No Yes Argentina
Sempe et al.
1996 [15]		 0–20b h Included h h h Yes No No No No Yes France
Rongen-Westerlaken et al.
1997 [16]		 0–20 h Included
12.8–20.1d 		Excluded h h Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
Even et al.
2000 [17]		 0–3 Long h h h h Yes No No No No Yes Israel
Davenport et al.
2002 [18]		 0–8 Long Excluded Excluded h h Yes No No No No Yes USA
Román et al.
2002 [19]		 0–18+ h Excluded 10
(no/age)		 h >1968 Yes No No No No No Chile
Isojima
et al. 2009 [20] 		0–20 Cross Excluded Excluded h 1970–02 Yes No No No No No Japan
Isojima
et al. 2010 [21]		 0–20 Cross Excluded Excluded h 1970–06 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Japan
El-Bassyouni et al.
2012 [22]		 6–24c h Excluded h h h Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Egypt

HT: hormone therapy; SP: spontaneous puberty; SM: spontaneous menarche; L/H: length/height; W: weight; HC: head circumference; W/H: weight/height; BMI: body mass index; HV: height velocity; aHeight curve (7.5–17.5 years). bReference curves (1–21 years); c6 months to 24 years; dAge (10 and 90 percentile); ePercentage frequency; fBirth year period; gData derived from studies (Germany—Pelz et al. [23]; Germany—Ranke et al. [24]; Finland—Lenko et al. [25]; France—Rosenberg and Tell [26]); hData not available.