Table 1. The demographic characteristics of the 745 Chinese patients.
| Characteristics | Number (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 360 (48.32%) | |
| Female | 385 (51.58%) | ||
| Age (years) | 4 | 21 (2.82%) | 126 (16.91%) |
| 5 | 59 (7.92%) | ||
| 6 | 46 (6.16%) | ||
| 7 | 53 (7.11%) | 420 (56.38%) | |
| 8 | 46 (6.17%) | ||
| 9 | 118 (15.84%) | ||
| 10 | 68 (9.13%) | ||
| 11 | 70 (9.40%) | ||
| 12 | 65 (8.72%) | ||
| 13 | 43 (5.77%) | 199 (26.71%) | |
| 14 | 78 (10.47) | ||
| 15 | 32 (4.30%) | ||
| 16 | 26 (3.49%) | ||
| 17 | 13 (1.74%) | ||
| 18 | 7 (0.94%) | ||
| Diagnosis | Growth hormone deficiency | 214(28.72%) | |
| Turner syndrome | 81(10.87%) | ||
| Precocious puberty | 77(10.34%) | ||
| Congenital adrenal hyperplasia | 72(9.66%) | ||
| Hypogonadism | 25(3.36%) | ||
| Small for gestational age | 22(2.95%) | ||
| Kallmann’s syndrome | 15(2.01%) | ||
| Hypothyroidism | 13(1.74%) | ||
| Hypospadias | 10(1.34%) | ||
| Mixed gonadal dysgenesis | 9(1.21%) | ||
| Noonan syndrome | 6(0.81%) | ||
| Prader-willi syndrome | 5(0.67%) | ||
| Cryptorchidism | 5(0.67%) | ||
| Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis | 5(0.67%) | ||
| Renal tubular acidosis | 5(0.67%) | ||
| McCune-Albright syndrome | 3(0.40%) | ||
| Pseudohypoparathyroidism | 2(0.27%) | ||
| Gynecomastia | 2(0.27%) | ||
| Gigantism | 1(0.13%) | ||
| Short stature for unknown reasons | 173(23.22%) | ||