Table 1. Baseline demographic characteristics of patients.
| Variable | Total (n = 2,024) |
GHD (n = 1,297) |
TS (n = 197) |
SGA (n = 206) |
ISS (n = 315) |
CRF (n = 9) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex: | ||||||
| male | 1048 (51.8%) |
771 (59.4%) |
0 (0.0%) |
104 (50.5%) |
167 (53.0%) |
6 (66.7%) |
| female | 976 (48.2%) |
526 (40.6%) |
197 (100.0%) |
102 (49.5%) |
148 (47.0%) |
3 (33.3%) |
| Age (years) | 8.49 (2.01, 19.23) |
8.42 (2.10, 19.23) |
9.24 (2.01, 18.58) |
6.66 (3.04, 14.18) |
9.05 (2.38, 16.10) |
8.58 (2.48, 15.88) |
| Pubertya | ||||||
| pre-pubertal | 793 (82.9%) |
502 (87.3%) |
107 (83.0%) |
77 (83.7%) |
105 (66.0%) |
2 (100.0%) |
| pubertal | 164 (17.1%) |
73 (12.7%) |
22 (17.1%) |
15 (16.3%) |
54 (34.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
| BA (years) | 6.8 (0.6, 17) |
6.0 (0.6, 17) |
8.5 (1.0, 14) |
5.5 (1.5, 13.5) |
8.4 (2.0, 15.6) |
8.8 (1.5, 13.5) |
| BA-CA (years) | -1.46 (-8.83, 4.49) |
-1.71 (-8.83, 2.71) |
-0.87 (-5.75, 2.53) |
-1.05 (-4.67, 2.51) |
-0.98 (-5.30, 4.49) |
-1.69 (-4.87, 0.30) |
| Height SDS | -2.26 (-6.97, 6.23) |
-2.25 (-6.97, 6.23) |
-2.58 (-6.34, -0.66) |
-2.23 (-5.14, -0.18) |
-2.17 (-5.31, 1.54) |
-2.43 (-3.54, 0.00) |
| BMI SDS | -0.27 (-16.88, 3.47) |
-0.23 (-16.88, 2.88) |
0.51 (-1.92, 3.47) |
-0.81 (-5.60, 2.09) |
-0.58 (-4.60, 2.69) |
-0.89 (-2.89, 1.61) |
a Some patients’ puberty data are missing and only available data are accounted.
Data show numbers (%) or medians (min, max).
BA bone age, BMI body mass index, CA chronological age, CRF chronic renal failure, GHD growth hormone deficiency, ISS idiopathic short stature, SDS standard deviation score, SGA small for gestational age, TS Turner syndrome.